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1 2009 POWERED BY IBM COGNOS SOFTWARE – SOLUTIONS CATALOG

Powered by IBM Cognos Software Solutions Catalog

Cognos, an IBM Company is committed tounderstanding our customers; their painpoints and business needs —and solvingtheir business problems. Cognos bringstogether technology, analytical applications,best practices, and a broad network ofpartners to give our customers a completeperformance solution.

We have created this on-line edition of the Powered by IBMCognos Software – Solutions Catalog to better provide you withthe tools you need to identify and solve problems.

Presented within this catalog you will find over 175 Powered byIBM Cognos Software solutions. These solutions focus on keyareas, including industry groups, enterprise performance andsystem infrastructure, all with the objective of enabling andengaging customers to better manage company performance.Customers that adopt Powered by IBM Cognos Softwaresolutions know that the solutions are based on best practices andproven technologies designed to improve corporate oroperational performance at leading organizations in their industry.

For each solution you will find an individual catalog entry thatdetails the solution, its value proposition, key features andbenefits.

Also included in this catalog you will find a solution map whichlists all Powered by IBM Cognos Software solutions by companyname and includes a solution description, associated targetindustries, geographies and Cognos solutions.

We invite you to peruse the catalog for solutions that best addressyour business requirements.

David LavertyVP,WWMarketingBusiness Intelligence and Performance Management

Welcome to The 2009 Powered by IBM Cognos Software– Solutions Catalog

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Table of Contents

Powered By IBM Cognos Software – Solutions...........7

Vertical Solutions ...........................................................9

IBM Cognos 8 BI for Jack Henry ......................................12

Enterprise Performance Suite...........................................13

FSPM – Financial ServicesPerformance Management ...............................................14

Horizon 360 .....................................................................15

Insurance Scorecard........................................................16

Interactive Risk Management Analysis &Reporting.........................................................................17

LABS Business Process Management Tool ......................18

Mortgage Banking Business Intelligence .........................19

Mortgage Performance Accelerator .................................20

OpenPages Governance Suite.........................................21

Premier Viewpoint ............................................................22

Revelwood’s BPM Suite for Real Estate ............................23

Risk Adjusted Profitability PerformanceBlueprint ..........................................................................24

Branch Performance Blueprint .........................................25

Corporate Banking Customer SegmentPerformance Blueprint .....................................................26

Insurance Product Profitability PerformanceBlueprint ..........................................................................27

Relationship Pricing for Commercial Banking PerformanceBlueprint ..........................................................................28

Retail Banking Customer Segment Performance Blueprint29

Financial Risk Insight for Banking.....................................30

Risk Adjusted Profitability for Banking...............................31

Retail Solutions ............................................................32

BI Solution for the Hospitality Industry ..............................34

Claraview Retail Performance Management .....................35

NetUp® Retail War Room Solution .....................................36

NVision Enterprise Feedback Management .....................37

Retail Anywhere Analytics ...............................................38

Retail Controlling..............................................................39

Retail Pathways ................................................................40

VISION InSight .................................................................41

Financial Workbench and ScorecardPerformance Blueprint .....................................................42

Store Development Performance Blueprint ......................43

Store Operations (P&L) PlanningPerformance Blueprint .....................................................44

Financial Merchandise PlanningPerformance Blueprint ....................................................45

Promotion Planning Performance Blueprint ......................46

Store Operations & Planning forRetail Integration Framework ............................................47

Life Sciences Solutions ...............................................48

Accenture Pre-Contract Analytics .....................................51

Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack...........................52

Clintelligence ...................................................................53

Healthcare Performance Management.............................54

InForm Integrated Trial Management (ITM) .......................55

Integrated Brand Management Blueprint..........................56

Life Sciences Sales and MarketingInformation Framework.....................................................57

Visual i|o Advanced Visualization Solutions ......................58Clinical Trial Enrollment ForecastingPerformance Blueprint .....................................................59

Clinical Trials Performance Blueprint ................................60

Sales Quota Allocation PerformanceBlueprint ..........................................................................61

Sample Optimization PerformanceBlueprint ..........................................................................62

Health Analytics ...............................................................63

Life Sciences Promotional Spendingand Compliance ..............................................................64

Public Sector Solutions ...............................................65

Achievement Plus (A+).....................................................66

Government Performance Management ........................677

IBM Cognos Enrollment and Tuition Planning for HigherEducation Performance Blueprint.....................................68



IBM Cognos Program Objective Memorandum (POM)Performance Blueprint .....................................................69

IBM Cognos Salary Planning and Position Control forHigher Education Performance Blueprint .........................70

Crime Management and Insight .......................................71

Municipal Performance ManagementScorecard ........................................................................72

Manufacturing Solutions .............................................73

3P Financiero...................................................................75

Business VantagePoint.....................................................76

CMS Head Start Solution .................................................77

Consumer Goods Planning ..............................................78

Distributor Relationship Management – DI-RM..................79

IBS Business Intelligence, IBS Enterprise 6.0....................80

Jaros Analytics for Oracle’s E-Business Suite....................81

Manufacturing Analytics (mBIDS) .....................................82

SSA Business Intelligence................................................83

SSA Enterprise Analytics ..................................................84

Supply Chain Performance Accelerator............................85

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) Executive ReviewWorkbench Performance Blueprints.................................86

Sales and Operations Planning Performance Blueprints ..87

Trade Promotion Management Performance Blueprints....88

Manufacturing Sales and Operations Planning.................89

Cross-Industry ..............................................................90

Annata Analytics ..............................................................93

Application Management Services (AMS) ........................94

BPM Office ......................................................................95

CF Expansion Pack..........................................................96

Clarabridge Content Mining Platform ...............................97

Concur Travel and Expense..............................................98

Decimal Suite...................................................................99

Deltek Performance Management (BPM) .......................100

Dynamo! Application Reporting Toolkit ...........................101

MB Context ...................................................................102

Noetix Generator for Cognos .........................................103

ONYX Analytics 3.0.........................................................104

Redwood Business Intelligence .....................................105

ValuMax .........................................................................106

Vaultus Mobile Application Platform................................107

Windchill ........................................................................108

IBM Cognos Performance Applications..........................109

Other ............................................................................110

Aviation Fuel Decision Support (AFDS) ...........................111

WAGER...........................................................................112

Bullhorn360 ....................................................................113

IBM Cognos Upstream Oil and GasPerformance Blueprint ....................................................114

Information Technology.............................................115

Appfluent Product Suite ..................................................118

Atos Origin Cognos Documentation Service ...................119

i-COsoft BI IT PerformanceManagement Suite ........................................................120

Business Process Service’s Archive Toolkitfor TM1 ..........................................................................121

Business Process Services Usage Monitoringfor TM1...........................................................................122

Concurrent User Stress Simulator forIBM Cognos 8 ...............................................................123

Genware Audit Processor™..............................................124

Metadata Manager ........................................................125

MetaManager.................................................................126

Metis 6............................................................................127

MotioADF.......................................................................128

NetVisn .........................................................................129

PowerSecure Single SignOn...........................................130

powerStress ...................................................................131

ProTools Security Builder................................................132

Application Developer ....................................................133

Custom Authentification Provider....................................134

Portlet Deployment Manager ..........................................135

SharePoint IntegrationWeb Parts....................................136



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Data41Headcount & Compensation Planning ................137

HR Solutions ...............................................................137

APEX .............................................................................139

Data41Headcount & Compensation Planning ................140

HR Analyser ...................................................................141

Saba Analytics................................................................142

Workforce Analytics ........................................................143

IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance...........................144

InfoHRM Solution............................................................145

Finance Solutions.......................................................146

Deloitte Close, Consolidate and ReportPerformance Blueprint....................................................147

QSP Financials Manager................................................148

Redwood Budgeting......................................................149

Revelwood’s BPM Suite .................................................150

Financial Planning ..........................................................151

Data Solutions ............................................................152

BalancedWarehouse with IBM Cognos 8 BI...................154

BI-Powered BPM............................................................155

Data Integration & Quality for Cognos 8 BI .....................156

Data Mobility Services....................................................157

IBM FileNet ComplianceWarehouse..............................158

IOD Infrastructure Acceleration Services ........................159

Portal-based Actionable Dashboards.............................160

Reporting and Dashboards for InfoSphereWarehouse.....................................................................161

Storage Optimization Services .......................................162

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel.................163

IBM Cognos Data Adapter for Salesforce .......................164

IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for mySAP FI/CO ................165

IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for Siebel CRM ...................166

Functional Performance Blueprints..........................167

Putting Best Practices into Action...................................169

IBM Cognos Allocations Planning Performance Blueprint170

IBM Cognos Capital Project PlanningPerformance Blueprint....................................................171

IBM Cognos Discretionary Capital Expenditure PlanningPerformance Blueprint ...................................................172

IBM Cognos Expense Planning and Control PerformanceBlueprint ........................................................................173

IBM Cognos Initiative Planning Performance Blueprint ...174

IBM Cognos Risk Analysis PerformanceBlueprint ........................................................................175

IBM Cognos Sales Compensation Planning PerformanceBlueprint.........................................................................176

IBM Cognos Sales Planning and Forecasting PerformanceBlueprint ........................................................................177

IBM Cognos Strategic Finance PerformanceBlueprint.........................................................................178

IBM Cognos Integrated Financial Statements PerformanceBlueprint (formerly StrategicFinancial Planning and Forecasting)...............................179

IBM Cognos Strategic Long Range Planning PerformanceBlueprint.........................................................................180

IBM CognosWorkforce Planning Performance Blueprint(formerly referred to as Headcountand Compensation Planning) .........................................181

IBM CognosWorkforce Resource ManagementPerformance Blueprint....................................................182

IBM Cognos Group Consolidation and Corporate ReportingPerformance Blueprint....................................................183

IBM Cognos Management and Financial ReportingPerformance Blueprint....................................................184

Additional Partner Solutions designatedPowered by IBM Cognos Software ...........................185

Powered By IBM Cognos Software Solutions Map .187



All solutions listed in this catalog have the designation,Powered by IBM Cognos Software. Use this guide to find theappropriate Powered by IBM Cognos Software solution foryour industry, line of business or specific businessrequirements. The catalog categorizes, summarizes anddetails current solutions for quick and easy reference.

Three types of solution fall under the Powered by IBM CognosSoftware brands:

• Partner Solutions

• IBM Cognos Solutions

• Innovation Center Blueprints

Partner Solutions

Partner Solutions are applications developed and delivered byapproved Cognos partners that combine domain expertise,methodology, and best practices with a practical blend ofindustry-specific knowledge, extending IBM Cognostechnology.

Representing a broad range of vertical industries and line-of-business segments, partner solutions present complete,tailored offerings that solve complicated businessrequirements.

This catalog highlights elite Partner Solutions and categorizesthem by industry and line of business application for quickand easy reference.You will recognize the partner solutions bythe identifying tag “Powered by IBM Cognos Software” or“Partner Solution” with the partner name and logo.

Powered By IBM Cognos Software –Solutions

Powered by IBM Cognos SoftwarePowered by IBM Cognos Software is an elite program forpartners who develop and deliver performancemanagement solutions that combine IBM Cognostechnology with their deep domain expertise.

Cognos recognizes these partners who deliver solutionsfocused on key areas, including industry groups,enterprise performance and system infrastructure, all withthe objective of enabling and engaging their customers tobetter manage corporate performance.

The Powered by IBM Cognos Software program works toensure that complete, tailored offerings solvingcomplicated business requirements are made available tocustomers. Designed to empower and showcasepartners that develop, market, and sell solutions based onIBM Cognos capabilities, the program is a key element ofCognos’ overall approach to help organizations aroundthe world improve performance and gain a sustainablecompetitive advantage.

Customers adopting Powered by IBM Cognos Softwaresolutions know that these solutions have been reviewedand meet defined program criteria for membership.

Powered by IBM Cognos Software solutions are based onbest practices and proven technologies designed toimprove corporate or operational performance at leadingorganizations across all industries.



IBM Cognos Solutions

IBM Cognos Solutions are developed in-house and offer asolutions-based approach to our customers and prospects.The category – IBM Cognos solutions include:

• IBM Cognos Analytic Applications, which are pre-builtreporting and analysis software modules designed toanalyze business data in order to react quickly to marketand business trends. The Analytic Applications extend thevalue of ERP and other operational systems, transformingoperational data into consistent, reliable informationoptimized for reporting and analysis.

• Report Packs for specific data environments, such as SAP,Siebel and other key partnerships.

For easy reference, the catalog lists IBM Cognos solutions bytheir industry and line of business.You will recognize the IBMCognos solutions by the identifying tag, “IBM CognosSolution” within each solution overview.

Innovation Center Blueprints

Innovation Center Blueprints are industry and practice-basedimplementation roadmaps that let organizations apply provenbest practices quickly, without “reinventing the wheel.” Theyprovide documented and pre-defined data, process, andpolicy models that you can present to customers at noadditional cost.

These pre-built tools include an estimated 80% of theperformance management and BI best practices, reports, andscorecards that a customer in a particular industry or line ofbusiness will typically require.

In this catalog, you’ll find a list of Innovation Center Blueprintscategorized by industry and line of business.You willrecognize of them by the identifying tag, “Innovation CenterBlueprint”.



JSC GlobalSolutions

Interactive RiskManagementAnalysis &Reporting/Prime(iRMAR/p)

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Interactive Risk Management Analysis and Reportingsupports the in-depth analytic demands of organizationsthat need to manage high volumes of claims-related datasuch as insurance carriers, brokerage firms, consultingfirms, and large employers. It provides the reports andanalytics to support the decision-making process.

Vertical solutions are specific to particular industries and industry segments.

Financial Services

Financial services are categorized into three sectors: retail banking, insurance and investment banking. Cognos, an IBM Companyand its partners deliver solutions to all three markets, helping customers to:

• Improve customer, channel and product profitability • Address compliance issues • Manage and reduce risk

• Reduce operational costs • Maximize IT resource investment

Our solutions for financial services include:

Vertical Solutions

Jack Henry Cognos 8 BI forJack Henry

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,PowerPlay,Impromptu

Cognos 8.The Jack Henry Cognos Group has developed Catalogsand Models for use with each Core Product within theJack Henry and Symitar offerings. This includes Silverlake,CIF 20/20, Cruise, Episys, and Core Director. In addition tothe Core Products, we also offer access to several of JHA’sComplementary Solutions including Passport (ATM),Vertex (Teller System), Netteller (Home Banking), Synapsys(CRM) and others.We offer customized training andconsultation to our customers to assist with their ad-hocreporting, as well as customized installation of IBM

Acorn Systems,Inc.

EnterprisePerformance Suite

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,IBM CognosPlanning

capacity.The Enterprise Performance Suite is an enterpriseperformance management application for financialservices, retail, distribution and manufacturing industries.Acorn’s EPS focuses on profit improvement throughactionable insight into costs, revenues, profitability, and

ParsonConsulting(formerly CBHConsultants,Inc.)

FSPM (FinancialServicesPerformanceManagement)

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognosPlanning

Parson Consulting FSPM forecasting model provides apowerful way for companies to predict business outcomeand adjust quickly to market dynamics. Financeprofessionals will have the ability to run multiple industryrelated what-if scenarios.

FidelityInformationServices, Inc.

Horizon 360(formerly FISIntelligence)

BankingWorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Horizon 360 is a turnkey reporting, analytics andscorecarding solution for the banking industry.

iPartners InsuranceScorecard

Insurance -Underwriting

North AmericaIBM CognosTM1

Insurance scorecard is leading the P&C industry in“on-demand”management information and analytics

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iLatinaBusinessServices

LABS BusinessProcessManagement Tool

Latin AmericaIBM CognosReportNet

The LABS Business Process Management Tool is aneApplications suite integrating supplier, customer,contractor and remote user processes via theWeb.

Aviana GlobalTechnologies

MBBI (MortgageBanking BusinessIntelligence)

MortgageWorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Mortgage Banking Business Intelligence is a businessintelligence solution that enhances the reportingcapabilities of Loan Origination System (LOS) softwareused by mortgage lenders.


MortgagePerformanceXllerator

MortgageNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognosPlanning

The Parson Consulting Mortgage Blueprint solutionleverages performance management products fromCognos. The Blueprint allows mortgages lenders to createan income and balance sheet incorporating all majorinputs in the mortgage business

OpenPages, Inc. OpenPagesGovernance Suite

North AmericaIBM CognosReportNet

The OpenPages Governance Suite is an enterprisebusiness governance platform for financial controlsmanagement, operational risk management, ITgovernance and strategic performance management.

InformationTechnology,Inc.

Premier Viewpoint North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognosReportNet,IBM CognosPowerPlay

Premier Viewpoint is a browser-based businessintelligence solution for financial institutions.

Revelwood Inc. Revelwood’s BPMSuite for RealEstate

Real EstateNorth AmericaIBM CognosTM1

Revelwood BPM Suite for Real Estate is an out-of-the-boxfinancial planning and reporting solution for Real EstateInvestment Trusts (REITs) and Property Management firms.Revelwood BPM Suite for Real Estate is an extension ofRevelwood standard BPM Suite running entirely on theIBM Cognos TM1platform.

InnovationCenter

Risk AdjustedProfitabilityPerformanceBlueprint

WorldwideThis Blueprint enables financial institutions to incorporaterisk calculations into an enterprise-wide, distributedprofitability management process.

InnovationCenter

BranchPerformanceBlueprint

Retail BanksWorldwideThis Blueprint was developed to help retail banks performdetailed top-down and branch-up revenue and expenseplanning to ensure organization-wide alignment withstrategic objectives.


InnovationCenter

Corporate BankingCustomerSegmentPerformanceBlueprint

Commercial,Corporate &InvestmentBanks

WorldwideThis blueprint enables commercial, corporate andinvestment banks to create profit and loss statements forcustomer segments or for large, individual corporatecustomers. It allows managers to report on and analyzeprofitability and plan initiatives to improve segment results.

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InnovationCenter

Insurance ProductProfitabilityPerformanceBlueprint

InsuranceWorldwideInsurance Product Profitability Performance Blueprint letsinsurers create business segment profit-and-loss statementsand balance sheets by product line, product, and brand.TheBlueprint allows business analysts, product managers, andfinance executives to report on and analyze profitability, tocreate P&Ls and balance sheets, and to plan initiatives toimprove business segment results.

InnovationCenter

RelationshipPricing forCommercialBankingPerformanceBlueprint

CommercialBanks

WorldwideThis Blueprint helps commercial banks bring disciplineand consistency to pricing both credit and non-creditdeals. It features centralized administration, intuitivecustomer reporting, and a pricing model that includesboth deal and relationship profitability.

InnovationCenter

Retail BankingCustomer SegmentPerformanceBlueprint

Retail BanksWorldwideThis blueprint enables retail banks to create profit and lossstatements at the customer segment level and report onand analyze profitability. It also helps managers plan salesand marketing initiatives to improve segment results.

IBM Banking CustomerCare and Insight

BankingWorldwideThe IBM Customer Care and Insight Framework for FSS todrive revenue growth and operational efficiency inbanking through optimizing marketing, sales, service andcompliance processes and leveraging enterpriseinformation across channels and lines of business. IBMenables staff to maximize the value of customers throughbetter marketing, sales, service and complianceeffectiveness, and provide timely customer insight toimprove performance and profitability.

IBM Financial RiskInsight for Banking

BankingWorldwideThe Financial Risk Insight for Banking is risk managementsolution for banking that leverages the power of theCognos IBM Risk Management Cockpit. The risk cockpitis based on industry best practices and the proventechnology of the IBM Banking DataWarehouse andCognos 8 BI, and has been deployed at a number of theworld’s leading financial institutions.

IBM Risk AdjustedProfitability forBanking

BankingWorldwideThe Risk-adjusted Profitability for Banking solution makesintegrated risk management and financial planning a realityusing the IBM-Cognos Risk-Adjusted Profitability Blueprint.Using the blueprint allows planning and forecast at theproduct level, ensures unmatched accuracy with activity-based cost information, and incorporates risk calculations.This allows banks to boost profitability through more preciseplanning and leverage existing technology investments,boosting technology ROI and overall bank ROE/ROA.




Jack Henry offers IBM Cognos 8 BI, IBM Cognos Impromptu,and IBM Cognos PowerPlay to our financial institutions.

The catalogs and packages are available for each of the JHAcore products, as well as several of our complementaryofferings.

Benefits

• Ad hoc reporting made easy

• Our clients create the reports they need, in the format theywant

• Professional reports and dashboards for Executives

• Monthly Board of Director reports and committee reports

Features

• The cubes are for use with IBM Cognos PowerPlay andExpress Report Authoring in IBM Cognos 8 version 8.3

• The pre-built cubes are available for each of the mainbanking applications

• The demand deposits, certificate of deposits, loans,customer information, and GL catalogs/packages,containing over 200 files, are available for each coreapplication, as well as our ATM, home banking, voiceresponse, payroll, teller, and fraud systems.

• We also have separate packages available for our CRMsystems

• Our clients receive approximately 50 ’get you started’reports

• Introductory training is provided to our clients with theinstallation, and advanced training is available uponrequest

• We also offer custom reporting services to our customer

Architecture

Cognos is used as a live query to the core applicationdatabase.

Banking

• IBM iSeries

• Live Query connects to the AS400 via Client Access andan ODBC Driver

Credit Unions

• The SQL Server Database is uploaded daily

IBM Cognos 8 BI for Jack Henry


POWERED BY IBM COGNOS SOFTWARE – PARTNER SOLUTION

The Acorn Enterprise PerformanceSuite (EPS) focuses on profitimprovement through actionableinsight into costs, revenues,profitability, and capacity. The solutionsupports customers in manyindustries including financialservices, retail, distribution, andmanufacturing.

The core foundation is PerformanceAnalyzer, a sophisticated processmodeling and allocation engine that“operationalizes the financials” of yourcompany. Insight into true netprofitability at any level —product,customer, business unit, or supplier—provides the foundation for value-driven corporate performancemanagement. Pre-built integrationwith IBM Cognos BI and CPMtechnology helps your organizationimprove decision making andperformance, and increaseprofitability.

Acorn’s performance solutions areunlike any others available today in terms of capability. They’rehighly scalable, flexible, and accurate. Even more important isthe knowledge and expertise we use to develop newstrategies and value solutions for our customers worldwide—from Global1000 manufacturers, distributors, retailers, andfinancial institutions to smaller businesses focused on supply

chain efficiencies and customer andproduct profitability.

Benefits

• Drive significant profit improvement• Create a consistent view ofperformance for finance andoperations

• Complete the required CPMsolution components for IBMCognos clients

Features

• Sophisticated cost, revenue,profitability, and capacity allocationengine

• Accurate, validated operationaldriver insight, integrated withCognos Planning

• True net profitability by keycompany assets provides theoptimal IBM Cognos BI and CPMfoundation

Architecture

Acorn products are able to generate user-defined cubes forconsumption by IBM Cognos software. Acorn also providespre-built integration with IBM Cognos BI and Planning throughthe recently released, jointly developed Branch PerformanceBlueprint. BI software is used for reporting and analytics.

Planning software is used for allforward-looking, predictive planningand analysis.

Acorn is built on Microsoft SQLServer 2005, which is designed foropen integration in terms of both datainput and output.

Enterprise Performance Suite



The Parson Financial Services Performance Management(FSPM) forecasting model provides a powerful way forcompanies to predict business outcome and adjust quickly tomarket dynamics. Finance professionals gain the ability to runmultiple industry-related, what-if scenarios that reflect factorssuch as changing rates, financial strategy, and competitivescenarios for extended periods of time. For example amortgage lender could project loan sales based on anassumed days held or a top-down sales target by month toforecast the effect on interest income, interest expenses,losses, repurchases, net interest income, and other measures.

The highly flexible model allows users to further analyzepotential outcomes summarized by period, product type, orline of business.

Benefits

Delivers powerful business benefits to banks, mortgage-lenders, and other financial services organizations:

• Eliminate manual processes, and reduce planning andreporting cycles

• Establish one version of the truth for planning, reportingand analysis, and auditing

• Introduce an integrated and collaborative enterprise-wideplanning process

• Gain insight into performance and key business drivers

• Achieve transparency of the business for better decision-making

• Increase responsiveness to changing business conditions

• Align individual goals and actions with corporateobjectives

• Increase accountability and productivity by providingvisibility of performance measures at all levels

• Encourage greater business unit participation andownership of the planning and performance processes

Features

• Pre-configured, industry-tested financial datamart thatautomates loading of data from source systems.

• Establishes a single, auditable workflow with an accurate setof data on which to base planning, analysis andperformance

• Provides detailed auditing and workflow features thatautomatically track, trace, and validate information as it isbeing entered or changed

• Eliminates the manual processing of data and risk of errorswhile creating a reliable, repeatable process forconsolidating financial sources of information

Architecture

FSPM uses IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBMCognos Planning to provide a blueprint type of solution.

FSPM – Financial Services Performance Management



Horizon 360 provides the banking industry with integrated,enterprise reporting, analytics, and scorecarding to supportbetter decision-making.

The solution provides timely access to business-criticalinformation through Horizon 360 core systems andapplications. It also establishes an information platform thatallows your organization to integrate enterprise application datasources. This provides executives, managers, and operationsteams with a single source of enterprise information to supportfaster decision-making to grow the business and strengthenshareholder value.

Horizon 360 eliminates the challenge of limited access toapplication data for reporting; multiple data sources that causeconflicting facts; and spreadsheet-based decision support thatprovides limited and error-prone information at great time andexpense. Managed reporting supports higher performance.

Business users gain access to information through ad hocreporting, interactive standard reports, multidimensional reporting,interactive exploration and discovery, banking performancedashboards, and integrated scorecards and strategy maps.

Benefits

• Better, faster decisions: Immediate access to a singlesource of business-critical information.

• User self-service: Allows non-technical business people toaccess information and develop ad hoc reports toimmediately answer unique questions, transforminginformation into action.

• Significant time and cost reduction: Minimizes or eliminatesdata search, re-keying, cutting and pasting, printing anddistributing, and emailing reports; minimizes IS reportdevelopment and deployment resource requirements.

• Reduces total cost of ownership: Employs single or tightlyintegrated applications, database and dispatch servers tominimize administration and support time and cost.

• Increases productivity: Serves as a performance feedbackloop to provide branch managers, loan officers andcustomer service representatives with timely metrics toidentify coaching and training needs in order to alignperformance with strategy.

• Increases profitability: Systematically link management andassociate rewards and recognition plans with performancemetrics to increase shareholder value.

Features

• Banker friendly: Designed to provide business users withimmediate, intuitive access to needed information.

• Banking intelligence solutions: Out-of-the-box bankingapplications for finance, lending, deposits, marketing, andindustry.

• Enterprise platform: Integrate unique application datasources to establish a single source for enterprisereporting, analytics, and scorecarding.

• Customized: Quickly modify and enhance deliveredreports and analytic models to reflect your bank’s uniquerequirements.

• Training: Complete technology and application trainingempowers users to be information independent—minimizing ongoing external expenses while maintaining ahigh-value management information capability.

• Services: A full range of training, support, and consultingservices are available to assist customers in maximizingthe value of their Horizon 360 environment.

Architecture

Horizon 360 is a turnkey solution for reporting, analytics, andscorecarding. Our solutions for Horizon 360 core systems andmajor applications are either completed, in development, orplanned for near-term development.

Horizon 360 metadata, BI tools, report libraries, and FIConnection employ IBM Cognos BI software: FrameworkManager, ReportNet, query, analysis, and scorecarding. Thesolution provides customers with powerful new levels ofinformation access, administrative management, reportdevelopment, and business information deployment.

Horizon 360



Insurance Scorecard incorporates an industry-specific datamodel to deliver enterprise reporting and analysis to propertyand casualty insurers.With over 60 key performanceindicators supporting multiple lines of business, the solutiondelivers executive dashboards, scorecards, and reports tounderwriting, sales and marketing, claims, actuarial, andfinance.

Combining premium and loss data into a single, easy toaccessWeb browser gives users the power to analyze theirbusiness and drive profitable outcomes. The InsuranceScorecard focuses on the things that impact profitability byconsolidating disparate data and files into an easy-to-readvisual format. iPartners enables insurance executives to viewoperating results, monitor trends, set goals, and drill down toindividual producer, policy, and claims records.

Benefits

• Monitor changes in direct written, net written, earned, andcollected premiums

• Track reserves and evaluate surplus

• Determine new growth strategies by product or territoryand track results

• Provide the critical information needed to add more valueto the decision-making process

• Identify trends such as sudden changes in the frequency,duration, and outcome of medical claims in a specificindustry and/or class

• Discover emerging trends

• Supports a best practices environment throughstandardized formulas and algorithms that createaccurate, reliable results

• Automates the consolidation of data from across the entireenterprise

• Work interactively between underwriting and claims onnew product launches or emerging problems, knowing thedata and formulas you are using are consistent andaccurate

• View workloads by examiner in order to manageassignments and increase productivity

• This software as a service (SaaS) solution delivers lowerrisk, quicker ROI, and reduced total cost of ownership

Features

Insurance Scorecard delivers information via reports, maps,trend analysis, scorecards, or executive dashboards. Allinformation is accessible via theWeb from a secure datacenter. The solution supports complete user name/passwordsecurity that can secure information to a field level.We alsooffer ad-hoc analysis functionality and the ability to drill downto policy and claim detail transactions.

The solution has over 60 P&C-specific key performanceindicators as well as a library of output formats that can easilybe tailored. In addition, new measures and outputs may beadded to the solution at any time.

Architecture

Insurance scorecard has a relational data warehouse(Insurance Measurement Framework) and a complete set ofOLAP analysis cubes that support analysis by functional area,line of business, and key performance measures.

The Framework utilizes an ETL engine to populate data fromthe customer application systems. IBM Cognos TM1executiveviewer connects to the cubes and providesWeb-basedreporting and analysis.

Insurance Scorecard



Interactive Risk Management Analysis and Reporting/Prime(iRMAR/p) supports the in-depth analytic demands oforganizations that need to manage high volumes of claims-related data such as insurance carriers, brokerage firms,consulting firms, and large employers. iRMAR/p is an integraland a vital resource for managing risk, controlling costs, andimproving productivity. It provides the reports and analytics tosupport your decision-making process.

Benefits

iRMAR/p combines JSC’s premier data management services,application development, andWeb-based distribution withIBM Cognos ReportNet and IBM Cognos Power Play. Itincludes a compilation of the most commonly used reportingapplications so you can begin to instantly analyze your riskmanagement information.

The solution allows you to combine your claim and policy datainto a single repository and conduct more in-depth P&C riskmanagement analysis and reporting than ever before.

Features

• Aggregate reports; trending and loss triangles reports;integrated claims and exposure reports; as well asintegrated claims and policy reports

• Transactional payment history

• Rich graphing capabilities

• Comprehensive ad-hoc reporting

• Robust drill-down analysis and drill-through to detailedreports

• On-demand and scheduled report distribution withintegrated email notification

• Reports can be printed or exported to MS Excel, PDFformat, and other popular applications

Architecture

iRMAR/p accepts claim and policy information in any loadableformat. The data is loaded on a pre-determined frequency—daily, weekly, or monthly— into the iRMAR transaction databaseand then transformed into an iRMAR data mart.Reporting and analytical features are implemented viaReportNet and Power Play, and are now being migrated toIBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.

Technical requirements:

• Input data: Any loadable format

• iRMAR transaction database: Any standard RDBMS

• iRMAR data mart: Any standard RDBMS

This is aWeb-based, zero-footprint application. It can be usedas an ASP model, hosted by JSC or installed at the client site.

Interactive Risk Management Analysis & Reporting



LABS is a completely integrated eApplications suite. Thesoftware is designed with the most updated features, allowingthe user to work intuitively.

The solution integrates processes via theWeb to suppliers,customers, contractors, and remote users. It providesmaximum availability of service, as well as the best support. Itleverages IBM Cognos business intelligence software forinformation analysis.

The solution reduces cycle times and provides secure accessto information. It offers reporting in real time when eventsoccur; users generate reports quickly and easily. It alsoprovides a record of business transactions for auditingpurposes in the case of deviations in the process. It providestransparency and visibility into process activities andproduces valuable information to support decision-making.

Benefits

• At least 20 percent reduction in stock interests, stockmanagement costs, stock tax transactions

• Up to 5 percent reduction in materials cost. Best practicesincreases negotiation opportunities; provides a purchasenegotiation approach; better communication ofrequirements to suppliers

• Up to 10 percent reduction in workforce costs

• Higher customer satisfaction

• Better accounting controls: accounts receivable, accountspayable, and billing

• Allows Software as a Service (SaaS) mode

• ProvidesWeb access from anywhere

• Real B2B: connects not only remote employees but alsocustomers and suppliers

Features

• LABS is a process-oriented, extended ERP/SCM, which isdifferent from traditional module-oriented systems

• SOX compliant

• Workflow approval levels and delegation of authority

• Double currency accounting

• Supports multiple business units

• Accounting, treasury, and costs

• Sales, billing, and accounts receivable

• Stock and supply chain management

• Procurement, third-party invoices, and accounts payable

• Warehouse management and materials catalog

• Transportation services and physical localization of goods

• Service contracts management

• Projects and fixed assets

• Crude oil sales commercial suite

Architecture

LABS is a multi-platform solution and runs in the followingoperating systems: OS/400, Intel, Unix, and Linux. It supportsrelational databases such as IBM DB2, Oracle, SQL, andSybase.

IBM Cognos ReportNet integrates transactional information toprovide detailed reporting, solving user functional needs andexpanding ERP functionality. The LABS-ReportNet solutionshortens decision time and adds values to all businessprocesses.

iLatina has developed over 400 different information views.Consolidated and detailed reporting makes decision-makingeasier. Knowing the details of management processes allowsworkflow analysis and optimization. Supplier and contractoranalysis helps optimize costs. Investment efficiency analysishelps increase revenues.

LABS Business Process Management Tool



Mortgage Banking Business Intelligence (MBBI) is a reportingsolution that extends and enhances the reporting capabilitiesof Loan Origination System (LOS) software used by mortgagelenders. Although mortgage lending is a highly competitive,fast-paced business, many organizations still rely on staticreports that offer little insight into current pipeline or trends thataffect the health of the business.

MBBI is a reporting solution, built using IBM CognosReportNet. It provides:• Several standard mortgage reports.• An executive dashboard that monitors trends and KPIs.• A powerful reporting interface that allows non-technicalusers to create detailed, powerful ad-hoc reports.

MBBI overlays existing LOS software, and it draws data from adata mart that can be fed from any number of data sources orsystems. The target market is mortgage lenders with annualsales of at least $50 million.

Benefits

• Instant visibility into critical KPIs and pipeline, customersatisfaction, and broker performance

• Allows lenders to dramatically improve reporting withouthaving to purchase and implement a new LOS package

• Lessens reliance on IT for reporting

• Allows non-technical users to create, save, format, anddistribute custom reports on the fly

Features

• Web-based

• Zero-footprint

• Easy-to-use, intuitive interface

• Customizable and flexible

• Provides vital information on the health of the business at aglance

Architecture

• Cognos products: IBM Cognos ReportNet 1.1 for SQLServer (now moving application to IBM Cognos 8 BI).

• Source systems: Can support any mortgage industrysystem. Mapping from source system tables to DM tablesis done manually during implementation.

• Target DM/DW/cubes: SQL Server for DM (no IBM CognosPowerPlay cubes exist for MBBI yet).

• ETL process: Any ETL tool (ETL will have to bedeveloped).

Mortgage Banking Business Intelligence



The Parson Financial Services Accelerator allows mortgagelenders to create an income and balance sheet thatincorporates major mortgage inputs including:

• Yield curve and interest rate fluctuations for Prime, LIBOR,Fed Funds, and other rates

• Product life and attribute assumptions such as defaults,losses, prepayments, aging, and cures

• Loan lifecycle assumptions and decisions such as loanorigination volumes, spreads, and repurchases

• Securitization inputs including points and fees, premiums,and costs associated with gains on sales

• Servicing assumptions such as revenue and retention

The Accelerator enables the lender to make changes to abusiness driver and understand its impact on the business.Executives don’t have to understand all the intricacies andcalculations behind the results. They only need to know whichdriver to adjust, and the model does the rest.

As a result, lenders can make timely decisions on what actionsto take: such as increase or reduce headcount, emphasize orpull back from a particular product offering, or adjustunderwriting standards. They can then model the impact ofthese actions on their financial statements.

The result: instead of simply reacting to changes, lenders canplan for them head of time and take advantage of marketopportunities to drive further shareholder value.

Benefits

• Ability to re-forecast based on a change in interestrates. This allows lenders to understand thebusiness impact if rates increase or decreaseacross the board

• Updating of yield curve and interest rateassumptions in the model

• Based on a change in rates, all other assumptions,such as default and loss for affected products, areupdated. Portfolio calculations also change as aresult of assumption changes

Features

• Portfolio Details is the calculation engine that bringstogether assumptions — such as product life and attributes,originations, yield curve, and rates — to drive the financialmodel

• Based on interest rate changes, key line items in thePortfolio Details worksheet are updated such as interestincome, expense, and Net Interest Income (NII)

• Changes in Portfolio Details also cascade further throughthe model. For example, it updates Gain on Sale itemssuch as executed premium, points and fees, and cap cost

• Changes flow through to the Income Statement andBalance Sheet: the key destination for calculations. Theyshow how a change in interest rate (or other businessscenarios) will affect the profitability of the lendingbusiness

• The solution includes pre-configured planning models thatare purpose-built for the mortgage industry, as well as arobust data warehouse, reporting and analytics solutions,and web-based portal interfaces

Architecture

The Accelerator solution leverages performance managementproducts from Cognos. It is built using IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence and Enterprise Planning.

Mortgage Performance Accelerator



The OpenPages Governance Suite combines best-in-classapplications for financial controls management, operationalrisk management, IT governance and strategic performancemanagement. Hosted on the OpenPages GovernancePlatform, these applications provide a modular and integratedapproach to governance, risk, and compliance management.They allow your organization to achieve and sustaincompliance across multiple regulations; manage risk acrossthe business; and ensure that operational performance meetsstrategic corporate objectives.

Benefits

Business Governance is OpenPages’ vision for unifying themanagement of governance, risk, and compliance across theorganization. It enables the visibility, decision support, andcontrol to:

• Improve accountability

• Better manage risk

• Achieve compliance with numerous regulations

• Improve operational performance

• Align strategies to ensure better results

OpenPages software enables a well-governed business byproviding a single enterprise system for managinggovernance, risk, and compliance procedures and policies.With capabilities to identify new business opportunities androute out losses from business risk, OpenPages helps yourorganization implement a strong business governancepractice that results in improvements to top- and bottom-lineperformance and a higher valuation from investors.

Features

The OpenPages Governance Platform unites governance, risk,and compliance information into a single managementsystem.Through a set of shared services, the platform enablesinteroperability between OpenPages applications, so yourorganization can easily manage shared processes, risks, andcontrols across the enterprise.

With this capability, you can better understand the inter-relationships between multiple disciplines of governance, risk,and compliance in order to reduce duplication of effort,increase efficiency, increase visibility into operations, andmake better business decisions.

Architecture

Configurable, interactive dashboards and reports through theOpenPages CommandCenter provide visually rich, interactiveviews of the overall state of financial controls and compliancereadiness. The CommandCenter is powered by IBM CognosReportNet.

OpenPages Governance Suite



Premier Viewpoint delivers next-generation businessintelligence to financial institutions using innovative, browser-based features. It simplifies database management, allowingusers to author, manage, and view reports from a single portal.And it provides concise and easy-to-understand access to thevaluable data your organization relies on to make decisionsand formulate policy. Premier Viewpoint gives you completecontrol of report distribution throughout the entire organization.

Your organization can schedule the delivery of various reportsto specific individuals, and you can also determine whichcontent they access. This flexible and secure feature allowsyour institution to effectively manage access to potentiallysensitive information.

Premier Viewpoint offers something for everyone. Novices andexperts alike can build, format, and edit customized reportswith minimal effort and training.All report elements; includingtext, images, and graphs can be imported and arranged usingsimple drag and-drop functionality. As objects are added,moved, or deleted, the solution automatically adjusts the layoutto ensure a consistent and professional look.

Features

• Run and interact with reports from a browser-basedscreen

• Create ad-hoc reports on the fly

• Create advanced dashboards

• Email reports to the group as soon as they are generated

• See financial institution data from an easy-to-access reportand view the entire customer relationship

Architecture

Information Technology, Inc (ITI) is a Cognos OEM andcurrently licenses IBM Cognos ReportNet, IBM CognosImpromptu, and IBM Cognos PowerPlay to financialinstitutions. IBM Cognos ReportNet and IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence are renamed to Premier Viewpoint forour ITI clients, and IBM Cognos PowerPlay is labeledPrimePlus.

Currently, our customers access IBM Cognos Impromptuthrough a rich client application installed on the individual PC.No modifications have been made to put Cognos under thecovers. Premier Viewpoint is accessed through the currentCognos portal. Institutions can access the browser-basedapplication and perform functions based on their security.

Premier Viewpoint includes a set of standard reports(approximately 120) that detail a wide range of data, fromchecking accounts opened by officer to loans past due.PrimePlus is used to analyze General Ledger activity andprovides roll-up functionality for reports.

Premier Viewpoint and PrimePlus access a SQL databaseinstalled on aWindows Server. Plans are underway to developthe database to be inherent on IBM iSeries, which both PremierViewpoint and PrimePlus will access. Premier Viewpoint will thenuse the DB2 express for its content store.

Premier Viewpoint



Revelwood’s Business Performance Management (BPM) Suitefor Real Estate is an out-of-the-box financial planning andreporting solution for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) andProperty Management firms.

In addition to the pre-built functionality of Revelwood’s BPMSuite, BPM Suite for Real Estate also includes PropertyDevelopment, Property Acquisition and Disposition, Rent Roll,Loan, and Equity modules. These modules allow planning andreporting on KPI’s such as NOI, Rent Roll, Occupancy, andDiscontinued Operations.

The extensive pre-built, and customizable business logic inthe solution allows efficient planning and monitoring ofproperties and improved portfolio performance.

Implementing Revelwood’s BPM suite for Real Estate hashelped REITs integrate the impact of property managementdecisions on financial results. Changes in key driversimmediately impact financial results and KPIs via a seamlessprocess.

Properties are flagged to allow SEC reports to be createdquickly from a unified source of financials and operations,reducing the reporting cycle by eliminating the need to digthrough disparate systems to collect required data.

Benefits

• Reduces the need to manually input data intospreadsheets, especially when the data originates in avariety of different systems.

• Provides flexible, easy to customize business logic thatallows each firm to model the business their way.

• Unifies operational and financial results into one dynamicplatform, giving individuals who drive the business theinformation they need.

• Provides driver-based planning, which allows users toquickly analyze changes to real world business drivers.

• Stores data required for SEC reporting that is not readilyavailable from other systems.

• Allows for more detailed analysis of business events.

Features

• Core financial data model that supports a complete chartof accounts (financial and non-financial).

• Operating expense and line item detail planning, withcommentary collection.

• Staff planning by named employee or employeegroups/grade levels.

• Customizable portals and personalized application menusand navigation.

• Enhanced reporting and template development tools.

• Report packaging and distribution.

• Data management and administration tools.

• Long term rent planning.

• Driver-based calculations (e.g., move in dates, CPI rentadjustments).

• Acquisition and disposition dates trigger business logic,impacting financials.

• Tracks details surrounding each transaction necessary forexternal SEC reporting.

• Tracks detailed equity transactions by date of issue.

• Automatically calculates weighted average sharesoutstanding MTD, QTD, & YTD on issue date

• Tracks all impacts to LOC.

• Provides LOC roll-forward analysis.

• Triggers alerts when LOC exceeds user-definedthresholds.

• Automatically amortizes loans based on user input of loanparameters.

• Accommodates several loan types.

• Produces debt schedules and tracks both notes payableand notes receivables.

• Customized, driver-based module that derivesconstruction in progress amounts based on user input.

• Capitalizes interest expense during construction period.

• Triggers rent calculations based on business logic.

Revelwood’s BPM Suite for Real Estate



This Blueprint allows financial institutions to integrate riskinformation with an enterprise-wide, distributed profitabilitymanagement process that provide the followings:

• Integrated risk-adjusted planning and forecasting at theproduct level, across multiple dimensions with riskmeasures that include Risk Adjusted Return on Capital(RAROC), Economic Capital, Probability of Default, LossGiven Default and Expected Loss.

• Activity-based management and costing capabilities forkey customer, product and business segments, providingthe most accurate, reliable profitability planning andreporting data. This enables risk-adjusted revenue and

expense planning that incorporates activity-based costingmethodologies and multi-dimensional scenario planningthat incorporates activity costs. This allows users tocompare the financial impact of several business optionsand take action on the most profitable course.

• Compatibility with any ABC/M system, due to jointdevelopment efforts with partners such as Acorn Systems.

• Multi-dimensional risk management and profitabilityreporting and analysis. By leveraging the IBM Cognos RiskCockpit, a risk management reporting and analysissolution, financial institutions can combine the power ofthe IBM Banking DataWarehouse with IBM Cognos 8 BI.

Risk Adjusted Profitability Performance Blueprint


INNOVATION CENTER BLUEPRINT

This Blueprint was developed to help retail banks performdetailed top-down and branch-up revenue and expenseplanning to ensure organization-wide alignment with strategicobjectives.

Blueprint Objectives

• Establishes clear and concise targets for eachbranch at a profit-and-loss (P&L) level, productgroup and customer segment.

• Calculates revenues and loan losses based onaccount balances and account levels.

• Uses Acorn’s activity-based costing engine tocalculate activity volumes from historic activityintensity rates driven by forecast account activityby product and transaction.

• Uses derived volume activity to calculate assignedexpenses using shared services rates.

• Lets managers plan staffing at all levels in thebranch.

• Provides the ability to enter direct expensesassociated with the branch

• Provides immediate feedback on planningdecisions.

• Allows reporting and analysis by branch, product, andhousehold.

Revenue and Balances Snapshot

This tab manages branch Balances,Accounts, and Net NewCustomers. Those responsible for forecasting Runoff, NewBusiness, and Attrition for account balances can run theappropriate forecast. A forecast is run for each Product Groupand for each Customer Segment within the group.

Visit http://www.cognos.com/innovationcenter/blueprint.htmlfor complete information and all Performance Blueprintdownloads

Branch Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables commercial, corporate and investmentbanks to create profit and loss statements for customersegments or for large, individual corporate customers. It allowsmanagers to report on and analyze profitability and planinitiatives to improve segment results.

The Blueprint enables customer segment managers (andlarge corporate account managers), marketing personnel, andother customer-facing bank employees to receive customersegment information, analyze information to determine targets,plan initiatives to drive increased profits in the chosensegment, and manage and update acustomer-segment P&L. The descriptionsbelow follow that basic workflow: reportand analyze customers and customersegments, plan initiatives, and manage thecustomer segment P&L.

Cross-Segment Report Snapshot

The Blueprint provides a hierarchy of dashboards and reportsdesigned to guide the user through deeper and deeper levelsof customer- and customer segment detail. The first levelprovides a view of all customer segments (Cross-segmentReport), which allows the user to understand at a glance howsegments are performing across measures such as revenue,contribution margin, and accounts per customer. In addition, ithighlights initiatives that are most successful at driving higherprofitability.


Corporate Banking Customer SegmentPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables insurers to receive business segment,product line, and brand information, analyze that information todetermine targets, plan initiatives to increase profits in thechosen target, and manage and update a P&L and balancesheet at the desired level in the product hierarchy.

This Blueprint allows users across the insurance enterprise toperform more effectively.

• Finance executives can plan across business segments,products, and brands in an efficient, consistent manner—with contributor plans from all products or brands rollingup into a single, consolidated plan—and no more Excelversion control issues!

• Business segment executives, product managers andanalysts can evaluate changing market conditions andconsider multiple scenarios on a rolling, immediate basis —taking into account the overall impact to businesssegment, product or brand profitability and enabling theenterprise to act in a coordinated fashion.

Business Segment, Product Line, Product and BrandReporting,Analysis, Dashboards and Scorecards:Snapshot

The Blueprint provides a hierarchy of dashboards andreporting designed to guide the user through increasinglydeeper levels of business segment, product line, or brandprofitability. The first level in the hierarchy provides a viewacross a business segment (such as commercial or personalinsurance), product line, or brand, which helps the userunderstand performance across measures such as revenueand profitability at a glance.


Insurance Product ProfitabilityPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint features intuitive customer reportingcapabilities, a robust pricing model for commercial productsthat includes both deal and relationship profitability, andcentralized administration to ensure that commercial bankersprice potential deals in the most efficient and profitablemanner. More specifically, the solution provides:

• A Commercial Banking Executive dashboard, includingrevenue, profitability and risk information.

• A Relationship Manager dashboard, displaying book ofbusiness, profitability, and proposal information.

• A Relationship Summary report, detailing all of theproducts and services currently used by a customer.

• A pricing model that includes a relationship summary,pricing capabilities for Credit and Treasury Services / DDAofferings, and deal and relationship profitability analysiscapabilities for numerous pricing scenarios.

• A pricing approval form, displaying the deals that requireapproval and the high-level details of outstandingproposals.

Commercial Banking Dashboard Snapshot

Relationship managers could start by accessing theCommercial Banking dashboard, pictured below. Thisdashboard provides an executive-level look into thecommercial bank, including pipeline, profitability, and riskinformation.


Relationship Pricing for Commercial BankingPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables retail banks to create customersegment profit-and-loss statements. The solution enablessegment managers to report on and analyze profitability downto customer or household, to create regional and productP&Ls within a segment, and to plan sales and marketinginitiatives to improve segment results. Integration with AcornSystems' activity-based management software ensuresgranular, accurate profitability measurement and planning.

The Blueprint also enables customer segment managers,marketing personnel, and other customer-facing bankemployees to receive customer segmentinformation, analyze information to determinetargets, plan initiatives to drive increasedprofits in the chosen segment, and manageand update a customer segment P&L. Thedescriptions below follow that basicworkflow: report and analyze customers andcustomer segments, plan initiatives, andmanage the customer segment P&L.

Customer Segment Reporting,Analysis,Dashboards, and Scorecards: Snapshot

This Blueprint provides a hierarchy of dashboards and reportsdesigned to guide the user through deeper and deeper levelsof customer detail. The first level provides a view of allcustomer segments (Cross-segment Report), which allows theuser to understand at a glance how segments are performingacross measures such as revenue, contribution margin, andaccounts per customer. In addition, it highlights initiatives thatare most successful at driving higher profitability.

Visit http://www.cognos.com/innovationcenter/blueprint.htmlfor complete information and all Performance Blueprintdownloads.

Retail Banking Customer SegmentPerformance Blueprint



The Financial Risk Insight for Banking is risk managementsolution for banking that leverages the power of the CognosIBM Risk Management Cockpit.

The risk cockpit is based on industry best practices and theproven technology of the IBM Banking DataWarehouse andIBM Cognos 8 BI, and has been deployed at a number of theworld’s leading financial institutions.

Combining the IBM BDWand IBM Cognos 8 BI gives financialservices companies an integrated, enterprise-wide view of riskacross divisions, products, geographies, and risk classes.

Financial Risk Insight for Banking

IBM-Cognos Risk CockpitRisk Management Business Intelligence Solution

The IBM-Cognos Risk Cockpit is a risk management BI solution for IBM Banking DataWarehouse (BDW) customers. IBM Cognos Product:IBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition: Simulate the processes required to move from point solutions to a broad, higher order analytics. Create a proof of conceptillustrating the integration of component-based foundation architecture. Expose all IBM BDW information within a browser window.

Key features: Drag and drop information viewing, scalable.


IBM COGNOS INDUSTRY SOLUTION

The Risk-adjusted Profitability for banking solution makesintegrated risk management and financial planning a realityusing the IBM-Cognos Risk-Adjusted Profitability Blueprint.

A financial institution that uses the IBM-Cognos Risk-AdjustedProfitability Blueprint can plan and forecast at the productlevel, ensure unmatched accuracy with activity-based costinformation, and incorporate risk calculations.

This allows the bank to boost profitability through more preciseplanning and leverage existing technology investments,boosting technology ROI and overall bank ROE/ROA.

Risk Adjusted Profitability for Banking

IBM-Cognos Risk Adjusted Planning Solution

The IBM-Cognos Risk Adjusted Planning solution is a profitability management solution for the banking industry. IBM Cognos Products:IBM Cognos 8 BIIBM Cognos 8 EP

Value Proposition: Integrate risk information with an enterprise wide distributed planning process. Generate risk-adjusted profitability plans for keycustomer, product and business segments.

Key features: Includes IBM Cognos Enterprise Planning software, combines IBM Cognos 8 BI capabilities with IBM Financial Management Servicesstrategy, process design and implementation services.



SALT SolutionsGmbH

Retail Controlling EuropeIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,PowerPlay, BISeries 7

Key figure systems,which are adjusted to retail, and pre-defined reports, help to control store chains centrally. Stock,sales quantity, turnover and acquisitions of the consolidatedcompanies can be analyzed,as well as advertisementsuccess and point-of-sale terminals monitored.

change++ Ltd BI Solution for theHospitality Industry

HospitalityEuropeIBM Cognos 8BI

The change++ BI Hospitality solution provides a typicalhospitality organization with the information they need tomanage their business effectively. It combines provision ofkey information to outlet and operations teams, with fullanalysis and reporting capability for central finance,product/pricing teams, marketing and auditors.

Claraview Inc. Claraview RetailDataWarehouse(RDW)

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

Claraview Retail Performance Management is an out-of-the-box, end-to-end retail performance managementsystem.

FASTTechnologiesInc.

NetUp® Retail WarRoom Solution

APACIBM Cognos 8BI

FASTTech. NetUp® Retail War Room solution delivers thevalue to Retail industry, offer the “Carryover ReplenishStock Analysis Model” to replace the frequently marketingforecast and reforecast daily operation, and further morethe new operation model

NtuitiveSoftware &Systems Inc.

NVision EnterpriseFeedbackManagement

CanadaIBM CognosPowerPlay

NVision Enterprise Feedback Management is an end-to-end enterprise feedback management platform for traveland hospitality, retail, healthcare, and financial services.

Retail Anywhere Retail AnywhereAnalytics

North America,Australia, LatinAmerica

IBM Cognos 8BI

Retail Anywhere Analytics will further extend RetailAnywhere’s solution offering to small and midsize retailers.Bringing together all the important data from RetailAnywhere’s POS, inventory, merchandising, CRM and otherretail management applications, Retail Anywhere Analyticswill provide the insight and business intelligence you needto make decisions that deliver greater productivity andoperational effectiveness to your business.


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Retail Solutions

Cognos, an IBM Company and its partners drive higher operational performance in the retail industry by helping retail chains to:

• Manage operational performance in stores and across channels

• Manage store-level productivity and establish accountability

• Plan, measure and analyze information to identify areas of concern, trends and program results

• Speed and manage consistency between corporate goals and store execution

• Coordinate information across the retail enterprise and to suppliers

Our solutions for retail include:



InnovationCenter

StrategicMerchandisePlanningPerformanceBlueprint

MerchandisePlanning

WorldwideThis Blueprint enables retail chains to plan sales, margins,gross profit, and stock by division, channel, department orcategory. It incorporates best practices learned in over325 retail chains around the globe.

InnovationCenter

Store Operations(P&L) PlanningPerformanceBlueprint

StoreOperations

WorldwideThis Blueprint helps retailers perform collaborative store-level revenue and expense planning to ensure thatindividual store plans are in line with corporate targets.

IBM Store Operations &Planning for RetailIntegrationFramework

StoreOperations

WorldwideThis IBM Cognos blueprint is focused on performancemanagement for Store Operations, including Store P&L,Store Development, Dashboards, Scorecards, Reporting,Analysis, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting designedto help retailers accelerate the implementation of newcustomer-focused strategies and builds on IBM’s bestpractices Retail Integration Framework

InnovationCenter

Strategic Promotion& MarketingPlanningPerformanceBlueprint

Promotion &MarketingPlanning

WorldwideThis Blueprint enables retail managers to model multiplepromotional scenarios, measure costs and sales, monitorvendor funds and compliance, and analyze campaigneffectiveness.

JCB Partners Retail Pathways North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognosPlanning

Retail Pathways is an out-of-the-box performancemanagement (dashboards & analytics) solution for retailcustomers.

PCMS DataFit VISION InSight North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

VISION InSight is an analytics module for retail andhospitality organizations.

InnovationCenter

FinancialWorkbench andScorecardPerformanceBlueprint

WorldwideThis Blueprint provides tools for integrated company-wideplanning and analysis. Integrated operational plans andstandardized metrics allow retailers to meet growth andprofitability objectives —while providing the best shoppingexperience for customers.

InnovationCenter

Store DevelopmentPerformanceBlueprint

StoreDevelopment

WorldwideThis Blueprint offers integrated financial planningcapabilities that let retailers easily understand which storedevelopment plans deliver the highest business benefits,best returns and greatest support for corporate objectives.




The change++ BI Hospitality solution provides hospitalityorganizations with the information they need to manage theirbusiness effectively. It combines provision of key information tooutlet and operations teams with full analysis and reportingcapability for central finance, product/pricing teams,marketing, and auditors.

Benefits

• Timely, relevant information to drive management action.

• Dashboards provide an instant overview of companyperformance.

• Simple, focused reports for operations teams.

• Immediate benchmarking for sales per square foot foreach outlet.

• Drill through reports for instant analysis of metrics, tounderstand the story behind the numbers.

• Intranet delivery allows managers to access informationanywhere.

• Ability to track key performance measures, such as laborscheduling reports (the need to combine forecast andactual costs from different systems).

• Identifies best and worst performers to foster competition.

• Combines information from multiple data sources (e.g.,EPOS, Finance, HR).

• Information tailored to the needs of different usercommunities.

• Easy-to-use analysis capability on some data sets foroperations managers.

• Access to detailed transactional information via drill-through from managers’ reports.

• Full analysis and flexible reporting for sophisticated users.

• Easy deployment to multiple sites and remote workers.

• Low training costs.

Features

The change++ Hospitality solution is aWeb-based system.Allusers gain access to their data via portals — some open to alland some controlled by user credentials. A typical hospitalityimplementation would include the following:

Main dashboard

• Point of entry for all users

• Contains key hospitality summaries(e.g. sales & labor, sales trends, top &bottom 10 outlets, products etc)

• Drill through to more detailed reports

• Updated automatically by schedule

Operations manager portal

• Reports designed for operationsmanager audience

• Reports enable comparisonswith common outlets andregions

• Selected cubes available foranalysis

• Portlets are used to organizereports into categories (e.g.,finance, sales, stock, labor, P&L)

Architecture

The solution uses IBM Cognos 8 BI to access key businessdata sources, combine the information, and deliver it to theuser communities in a format that suits them.The Cognostoolset has data connections to the EPOS, finance, and othersystems. It also communicates with existing corporate emailand authentication providers to implement security andalerting.

Key Cognos cubes are automatically built using robustproduction schedules. These scheduled processes build thecubes, then republish the key reports, and send an alert tousers to let them know the data is available on the system.Many reports are pre-run with output saved to the appropriateportals, so users can see the results quickly.

BI Solution for the Hospitality Industry

Focussed portals

• Access toportalscontrolled byuser credentials

Corporate portal

• Top level, corporatereports with drilldown

• All cubes availablefor analysis

• Portlets used toorganize reports intocategories

• Alerts sent to usersas data and reportsare refreshed



Leading retailers are looking to align planning with real-timeinformation based on real-world events. Claraview Retail DataWarehouse seamlessly integrates with the IBM Cognos StoreOperations Planning Blueprint to offer the first out-of-the-box,end-to-end retail performance management system.

The pre-packaged integration allows your organization toavoid purchasing and integratingdisparate systems. This results inshorter time-to-value and lower totalcost of ownership. The solution can beimplemented in whole, or to augmentan existing deployment of the StoreOperations Blueprint.

The Claraview Retail PerformanceManagement (RPM) solution, poweredby Cognos, allows customers tomeasure business results against goalsin near real-time.With oneimplementation, or upgrade of anexisting Store Operations Blueprintinstallation, your retail business canclose the planning loop:

• Forecast, monitor, and manage corporate performance.

• Integrate operational and financial performancemanagement.

• Realign plans as conditions change.

• Engage vendors and store managers in supply chainoptimization.

• Identify, budget for, and retain key customers.

• Enhance existing analytics with space planning,transaction and basket analysis, customer data integration,product affinity, competitive pricing, and other advancedanalytics.

Benefits• Implement best-practice retail planning and analytics

• Minimize new technology investment

• Leverage years of retail business intelligence and datawarehouse experience

• Reduce time-to-value by six or more months

• Minimize project risk

Features

Claraview Retail ReportingWorkbench

• Best practice retail reports

• Comprehensive

• Optimized for Cognos reporting

Claraview Retail Data Model

• One common repository foroperational and planning data

• Based on ARTS standards

• Optimized for business intelligence

• Platform independent

• Adjustable to fit individual needs

Claraview RDW ImplementationMethodology

• Deep retail knowledge

• Best-practice BI project delivery

• Proven in hundreds of projects

• Fixed timeframe

Architecture

The Claraview RPM solution has two points of integration withCognos software:

• The Claraview Retail ReportingWorkbench is optimized forIBM Cognos 8 BI.

• The IBM Cognos Store Operations Planning Blueprint isseamlessly integrated into the product, including datamodel integration and a common interface.

The Claraview solution is platform independent. It can use anydatabase (Microsoft SQL Server, Teradata, Netezza, andOracle) as well as leading data integration platforms includingInformatica and IBMWebSphere DataStage.

Claraview Retail Performance Management



NetUp® Retail War Room Solution

NetUp Retail War Room Solution is a performancemanagement solution for retail customers. Delivering value tothe retail industry, the NetUp solution enables organizations to:

• Optimize inventory levels and retail product combinationsthrough precise forecasting

• Make better marketing forecasts and accelerate decision-making

• Define product lifecycles more accurately

• Review sales activities and outcomes

• Analyze data through several methods: product lifecycleanalysis, carry-over replenish stock analysis, andmarketing evaluation

Benefits

• Different views to review your sales activity and outcomes

• Automatically delivers information needed for essentialdecisions within each phase of the product lifecycle

• Dashboards highlight major KPIs at a glance - providingkey information for critical decisions

• Accelerated decision-making time keeps organizationsmoving forward despite changes

• Better marketing forecasts lowers inventory cost

• Better inventory control equals lower carry-over product

• High efficiency purchase lowers cost of goods

• Better product combination provides higher average profit

• Greater marketplace evaluation enables more marketingsuccess

• Product lifecycle information turns marketing strategy intoprocess

Features

• Product lifecycle analysis method

• Carry-over replenish stock analysis method

• Marketing occupation evaluation method

Architecture

The NetUp Retail War Room solution, built with the retailessential competition strategy analysis model, features:

• Carryover Replenish Stock Analysis Model

• Product Lifecycle Analysis Model

• Marketplace Evaluation Analysis Model

Common multidimensional business analysis models include:

• Inventory analysis

• Sales analysis

• Product combination analysis



NVision is a solution that automates the enterprise feedbacklifecycle. It addresses the key challenges and opportunities thatall enterprises face:

• Increasing customer retention, loyalty, revenue, and profits.

• Saving at-risk customers, employees, and partners beforethey are gone.

• Allocating scarce resources to the areas that will generatethe highest returns.

• Recognizing and addressing operational problems andbusiness opportunities when they arise.

• Streamlining and reducing operational costs.

• Recognizing and rewarding employees fairly and effectively.

NVision is an end-to-end integrated platform that allows yourbusiness to capture online feedback (via aWeb browser orinteractive voice response) from key stakeholders (customers,employees, partners) and transform the information intoactionable insight.

The solution enables the capture and reporting of continuousfeedback as well as visualization of changes and trends overtime. Decision-makers face significant time constraints intoday’s work environment. NVision helps them to quickly focuson “actionable exceptions” rather than sorting through volumesof detail.

Benefits

Strategic benefits:

• Enables recognition/rewarding of employees fairly andeffectively

• Lets organizations make investments in areas with thehighest return

• Enables workforcerewards-enhancessatisfaction andcommitment

• Increases customerretention; win morenew customers,improve productivity,and raise profits.

Operational benefits:• Allows the right individuals and teams to respond tofeedback quickly and in a coordinated way.

• Allows users to share information, such as which customersare dissatisfied and why; what actions have been or needto be taken; and customer or employee responses to yourorganization’s actions.

• Enables users to recover at-risk customers, and turnsatisfied customers into committed advocates.

• Lets users’ slice-and-dice performance metrics to pinpointconcerns and opportunities by region, site, product, marketsegment, relationship manager, account manager, and soon.

• Provides easy access to concrete suggestions forimproving performance, overall or by segment.

Features• Automated, incremental cube updates based on trigger(i.e., hourly, daily, weekly, monthly)

• Leverages Cognos’ security model for authenticatedaccess to reporting portal

• Supports multiple data collection streams from a singlebusiness rules engine

• Built-in survey piloting capability allows inconspicuousrefinement of active questionnaire

• Rich reporting and analysis capability• Strong input validation ensures no erroneous data iscollected

• User-defined questions, answers, validation rules,conditional branching, and input controls provide flexibilityto gather a broad array of information

• Supports both quantitative and qualitative responses toquestions

• Supports keyword context count analysis of free-format textresponses to open-ended questions

• Ability to weight questions based on applicability orimportance

• Built-in respondent pre-qualification quotas to prevent datainput if demographic quota has been met

• Respondents can be anonymous or uniquely identified• Ability to imbed multimedia components withinquestionnaire (e.g., streaming video, audio, Flash)

• Ability to export response data to CSV file for input intoother programs

NVision Enterprise Feedback Management



Retail Anywhere Analytics

With Retail Anywhere Analytics, retailers have can gain insightinto the volumes of data generated throughout their retailenterprise. Built on a foundation of IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence, the solution provides small and midsize retailerswith a robust solution that delivers reporting, analysis,scorecarding, and dashboards in an affordable, easy-to-usesolution.

Benefits

• Access reporting, analysis, and dashboards from a singleplatform.

• Track and monitor sales, margins, and operationalperformance.

• Analyze results and identify trends in channels, stores,suppliers, and customer behavior.

• Identify the most valuable products in terms of margin,turnover, and revenue.

Features

• Sales and store comparison

• Market basket analysis

• Best/worst performing items

• Margin analysis

• Promotional tracking

• Return auditing

• Workforce analysis



Retail Controlling

The Retail Controlling System supports retailers to ensure theirsuccess in the quickly changing fashion business. It isessential for retailers to have significant and reliable key figuresavailable to them promptly. Successful in-season-controlsassist in the evaluation of daily and weekly figures, whilemonthly and quarterly analyses ensure the future planningprocesses.

SALT Solutions provides both the safe planning processes andthe solutions for retail controlling and key figure systems, whichare adjusted to retail. These pre-defined reports help to controlstore chains centrally.

Stock, sales quantity, turnover, and acquisitions of theconsolidated companies can also be analysed. Retailers canmonitor the success of the advertisements and the point-of-sale terminals.

Our motto is “Good prognoses result from precise knowledgeof background and history.” Our solutions assist in makingthese prognoses exact by planning specific solutions for retail.Our retail planning methodology guides retailers through theentire planning process like a configurable workflow regulator.

BenefitsRetail Controlling provides high transparency in all sellingactivities. This solution gives the answers to a wide variety ofquestions critical for fashion, lifestyle and shoe retailers:

• How is the turnover and the stock developing currently?

• What is the historic trend?Which are my fastest andslowest sellers?

• How big is the range of my store’s stock? At what scale cangoods from the warehouse be ordered?

• Did the last advertisement campaign have a positiveimpact on the sales’ development?

• Do the colors and sizes fit the customers’ needs?Whateffects do different markdowns have?

• Does the size of the sales area fit the group of goods’turnover and sales quantity?

• Am I addressing the customers on the correct level ofprices and the correct type of fashion?

• What is the customers’ typical regional buying behavior?How much do customers buy and what means of paymentdo they employ?

• Of what quality are the brands and the contractors?

• How often are the markdowns and how high are themarkdowns, granted by employees at the POS?

• Which repeating article-clusters can be found on the samesales slip?

Features• Structured reporting, as well as ad-hoc analysis.

• Drill-through reporting for quick and easy access to thedetails.

• Drag-and-drop authoring.

• A variety of delivered reports for a quick start.

• Full support of the article-color-size structure of themerchandise in fashion and lifestyle.

ArchitectureAny format of source data from either the merchandisemanagement system or check box system (databases and flatfiles) can be connected to the alexa Retail Controlling System.

SALT Solutions has implemented an Oracle-based stage areaand an ETL-framework for a high performance transformationof ERP-data to reporting structures. Four different kinds of retailcubes are built daily with IBM Cognos Transformer, using thesestar- and snowflake-schemas.

The reports, scorecards, and dashboards access the databasedata as well as the cubes. For ad-hoc reporting,AnalysisStudio accesses the cubes. Both standard reports and ad-hocreporting are provided through the Cognos Connection portalto the users. All components use IBM Cognos 8 BI version 8.3.



JCB Retail Pathways allows retail customers to quickly gaininsight into the masses of operational data that accumulate inPOS, ERP, and supplier systems. Built on a foundation of IBMCognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8 Planning,it consists of an industry-specific dimensional data mart(Oracle or SQLServer), reports, analysis, dashboards,scorecards, event alerts, and ETL processes. The solutiontransforms data from multiple sources into a conformed,structured information environment for high-performanceanalysis.

Our retail dashboard summarizes the key operationalindicators of your business, allowing users to identify areasthat are not performing to plan. Targeting performanceweaknesses across product lines, geography, seasonality,store attributes, and management highlights where businessimprovement efforts should be focused. Retail analyticssummarize data to the highest levels in the organization. Itsupports analytic pathways by enabling drill-down and drill-through into detailed data for further exploration.

Retail Pathways provides continuous improvement feedbackby identifying data that falls outside targeted ranges. By doingso, it helps your company stay on track to maximizeperformance. The solution supports all retail segments andlines of trade—from restaurants to big box retailers. It providesa head start to realizing tangible ROI gains in your business.

Benefits• Operational dashboards and scorecards measureoperational performance

• High performance data analysis helps you manage largetransaction volumes

• Daily updates via portal, email, andalerts present the most currentinformation

• The conformed data architecture isoptimized to address retail data typesand volume

• Built-in ETL processes efficientlyleverage data from multiple sources

• Pre-built reports for company-widestore performance: merchandise, itemmovement, and affinity

Features

Architecture

Retail Pathways incorporates data warehouse concepts tocollect and transform operational data from many sourcesystems. Data is transferred to the dimensional data martusing ETL and post-ETL processes. Once staged, data isrestructured for analytical processes. The IBM Cognos datamanager and Informatica are the integration points for the ETLprocess.

The solution supports any source database or data filetechnology, and targets Oracle or SQL Server for the datamart.

The dashboard uses IBM Cognos 8 BI components andprovides subordinate drill-through analysis reports for eachchart. Data analysis is achieved using a combination of

dimensional frameworkmodeling for drill-downanalysis and drill-throughsupport for reporting,analysis, scorecarding, andquery. Cognos eventmanagement provides eventtriggers based on pre-defined logic tests such asCash over Short anomalies,missed forecast targets, andout-of-range key performanceindicators.

• Dashboard analytics

• Targeted operationalanalysis

• Measurement of KPIsacross all areas of thebusiness

• Advanced budgeting andforecasting

• Inventory control analysis

• Supplier scorecarding

• Seasonal buying andpurchasing trends

• Contracts analysis

• Price elasticity studies

• Marketing analytics

• Product mix and marketbasket analysis

• Consumer purchasingtrends

• Promotion tracking

• Gross and net profitability

• Threshold alerts

Retail Pathways



VISION InSight

The VISION InSight analytics module allows global retail andhospitality organizations to gain insight into all aspects of theirbusiness.With extracts of data at near real time, retailers cananalyze inventory, sales volumes, cost analysis, product, andgeographic performance as well as labor costing againstsales. The solution also provides budgeting and planning ofstore operations or merchandising.

Key capabilities include:• Drag-and-drop authoring that incorporates data, text,charts, graphs, and images

• Automatic calculations

• Configured standard reports through prompts and toolbarcommands

• Customized dashboards

• Centralized and off-line merchandise planning capabilities

• Personalized report bursting to multiple locations inmultiple formats

These capabilities complement the existing PCMS retailportfolio, further enhancing return on investment. VISIONInSight is POS log compliant, POS agnostic and can beleveraged against multiple POS systems.

Benefits

• Monitor operations in four key areas: sales and expenses,marketing, inventory, and labor

• Quickly identify trends for rapid response

• Analyze key indicators by location, by product, bymarketing campaign, and so on

• Analyze performance over time

Sales and expense reporting• Sales and cost trending—across time, location, products

• Product comparison

• Store performance comparison

• Sales versus cost

• Net/gross margin

• Returns, refunds, discounts

Marketing reporting• Campaign effectiveness• Analysis by customer habits or demographics

Labor reporting• Hours to dollars to sales • Skill mix• Labor and overtime usage

Inventory reporting• Inventory turns • Stock by products• Inventory alerts

Features• Customized dashboards allow each level of theorganization to address different needs

• Drill-through reporting for quick and easy access to thedetails

• Structured reporting as well as reports that allow ad-hocenquiries

• A variety of reporting formats (e.g., cross tab, graph)

ArchitectureVISION InSight leverages IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligencein aWindows environment. Components include the following:

• Extraction routines read XML data feeds from your POSsystem via Data Manager.

• Data is loaded into a pre-built data mart, which resides inMS SQL Server, Oracle, or DB2 databases. Databaseselection is based on user preference, which is oftendependent on the skill set in house.

• Framework Manager is the foundation for reporting andstoring the metadata.

• Cognos Connection provides theWeb access portal to allreports and dashboards. Security can be set to determinewhat the user’s experience is.

• Cognos reporting is used for standard reports and Cognosanalysis is used for drag and drop report authoring.

• Utilizes Cognos scorecarding with key indicators built intothe dashboards, and notification abilities are providedthrough event management

• Planning and forecasting uses Cognos Planning software



The Financial Workbench & Scorecard Blueprint provides aperformance management framework— including planning,scorecarding, dashboarding and reporting— that enables retailexecutives to standardize the corporate-wide planningprocess, gain consensus between financial and operationalplans, identify and monitor key metrics, and ensure alldepartments are working towards the same business goals.

Financial Workbench Capabilities

• Integrate the planning process so that merchandising,finance, operations, and marketing have visibility to top-down strategic plans and are working towards commonobjectives and projects.

• Use a synchronized top-down planning environment toconsolidate bottom-up plans and reach consensusbetween corporate financial goals, business objectives,and operational plans.

• Perform ‘what-if’ analysis for sales and costs to determinethe impact on financial statements and metrics.

• Model business scenarios to determine the financialimpact of decisions.

• Generate integrated financial statements (P&L, BalanceSheet, Cash Flow).

• Pro-rate revenue and costs to meet investment goals, andchange assumptions and drivers to see the affect of thesechanges on financial metrics —while holding other factorsconstant.

• Rapidly re-forecast to adjust to changes in costs orrevenue.

• Drive collaboration, and streamline the approval andmonitoring process. Cross-functional teams gain the abilityto work collaboratively. Accommodate both top-down andbottom-up approaches to planning

Scorecarding Capabilities

• Set, measure, and monitor key performance metrics basedon standard financial statements.

• Ensure ownership and accountability for performance.• Assign a primary owner for every metric.• Organize and view scorecards by status (good, average,poor) and trend (up, down, steady).

• Set alerts and notifications so users are aware when a metricchanges status.

• Embed other business intelligence capabilities for addedcontext and analysis.

• Manage corrective actions and initiatives.

Scorecardingcommunicates goalsand monitorsperformance againsttargets


Financial Workbench and ScorecardPerformance Blueprint



The Store Development Blueprint provides a performancemanagement framework— including planning, scorecarding,dashboarding and reporting— that empowers chains to model,plan, communicate, measure and reforecast the financialimpact of store development initiatives,including new store construction,remodels/refurbishments and upgrades.

Blueprint Capabilities

• Definition of store developmentinitiatives.

• Financial planning for storedevelopment initiatives.

• Automatic application of initiatives toregions, stores, or groups of storesbased on their attributes.

• Allocation of revenue impact to storesby week or based on comparative prior year revenue.

• Management of resources by assigning them to projects.

• Allocation of expenses and capital expenditure to projects.

• What-if modeling allows managers to analyze financial andcapital investment impact of initiatives, and to modelfinancial impact of store development initiatives formultiple scenarios to determine Payback Period and NetPresent Value.

• Enabling executives to answer questions like: “Should thechain remodel all stores in Region 1 or add in-storebeverage centers in ten of the highest volume stores?”

Retail Store Development Snapshot

Manage store attributes and apply initiatives to stores, groupsof stores or by exception.


Store Development Performance Blueprint



The Store Operations Blueprint provides a performancemanagement framework— including planning, scorecarding,dashboarding and reporting— that allows retail chains to buildtop-down and bottom-up budgets and performance reportsfor comprehensive profit and loss management for retailoperations, including store, district, region or division.


• Driver-based planning for key revenue and expense linesallows organizations to identify and manage storeattributes — store type, format, size, opening dates —andprovide recommended standards for key controllableexpenses such as labor and staffing.

• Profile-driven controllable expense and revenue planninglets organizations input standards so expenses, such ascredit card processing fees, are automatically calculatedbased on sales and company-negotiated costs. Retailerscan build in impact on revenues, staffing, and associatedexpenses for seasonality, based on profiles and history toreduce time spent on calculations and to focus onexecuting initiatives and improving performance.

• Initiative planning functionality allows retailers to assessand plan for the store-level impact of initiatives — such asremodels, adding new departments, and conductingpromotional programs or limited time offers.

• Integrated workflow automatically manages andconsolidates plans. It provides a visual scorecard formanagers to easily determine the status of the planningprocess so action can be taken to complete the work.Workflow capabilities facilitate “Voice of the Store”collaboration and accountability throughout theorganization, and allow chains to deploy planning atwhatever level makes sense (i.e., region, district, or store).

Store-Level Performance Snapshot

The ability to track store-level performance across the chainallows management to dynamically adjust tactics in responseto opportunities or threats in the marketplace.


Store Operations (P&L)Planning Performance Blueprint



The Merchandise Planning Blueprint provides a performancemanagement framework— including planning, scorecarding,dashboarding and reporting—designed to help chainsimprove top-down, bottom-up planning for merchandise sales,margin and gross profit by division, channel, department orcategory.


• Top-down target-setting capabilities toforecast annual sales and gross profit formerchandise across divisions orchannels

• Calendaring adjustments toaccommodate changes in holidays tosmooth demand patterns

• Ability to spread top-down targetsacross departments or categoriesbased on historical data

• Create department or category-levelplans for key financial indicators,including: sales, returns markdowns,promotions, shrink, cost of goods, grossmargin, supply chain costs and gross profit

• Pre-season stock planning to manage the value ofinventory at the department or category level

• Exception-based planning to adjust line items

• Break-back capabilities to pro-rate costs to meetprofitability requirements to support sales and margintargets

• Embedded, integrated workflow, complete with visualscorecard and alerting capabilities, that enablesmanagers to easily determine latest plan status, drivecollaboration to plan completion, and upholdaccountability

• Calculated metrics summarization and links to scorecardsand reports that help accurately measure and compareplanned versus actual performance of merchandise bydepartment, category and/or channel

Top-Down Financial Plan Snapshot

The starting point for the Blueprint takes place within the Top-Down Financial Plan node of the hierarchy. This top-downplanning level of the hierarchy provides the ability formerchandising senior management to set top-down annualtargets for sales and gross profit by division and bydepartment/category.


Financial MerchandisePlanning Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint provides a complete performance managementframework— including planning, scorecarding, dashboardingand reporting— that enables chains to accurately plan,measure, and report on marketing and promotional activitiesso they can drive higher returns and achieve competitiveadvantage while protecting margins.


• Allocate corporate marketing spend: Utilize built-incalendaring and historical data to pre-populate plans;Strategically apportion funds to divisions or channels, orby types of marketing activities such as circulars, TV, radio,or direct marketing; Model multiple scenarios to determineoverall usage of marketing funds.

• Manage marketing campaigns including: Conduct what-ifanalysis and determine the optimal promotion mix forindividual divisions or activities; Define, plan, and modelpromotional campaigns including costs, margins, andexpected sales lift; Measure campaign costs, results, andeffectiveness versus plans; Analyze historical promotionsand use results to drive future campaigns and optimalpromotional mix.

• Manage vendor trade spend: Forecast trade fundreceivables by vendor; Define, plan, and model vendorincentives such as trade fund receivables, types ofpromotional activities, margins, and expected sales lift;Monitor vendor compliance for timeliness andcompleteness of remittances versus plans; Measurecampaign costs, results, and effectiveness versus plans.

Promotions Portal Snapshot

The Retail Promotions Portal provides an enterprise-wide viewof marketing activities: promotions calendar, campaigneffectiveness reports, and vendor compliance summary.


Promotion Planning Performance Blueprint



The retail business is fiercely competitive. Retailers mustsatisfy customers through multiple channels, and deal withindustry consolidations, increasing profit targets, and shrinkingmargins.

In this setting, the planning process needs to be collaborativeand extend beyond finance to all stakeholders. It must offervalue to both executive and operations management to ensureparticipation and buy-in across the organization.

This Cognos Blueprint is focused on performancemanagement for Store Operations, including Store P&L, StoreDevelopment, Dashboards, Scorecards, Reporting,Analysis,Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting designed to helpretailers accelerate the implementation of new customer-focused strategies.

Store Operations & Planning forRetail Integration Framework

IBM-Cognos Retail Business Intelligence Solution

The IBM-Cognos Retail Business Intelligence Solution (RBIS) is a business intelligence (BI) solution for the retail industry. IBM Cognos Product:IBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition: Bring together data from disparate departments and locations and improve its use. Build one enterprise-wide view of corporateretail information. Enable standards definition and maintenance across the organization.

Key features:Report library covering customer analytics,product evaluation,merchandising effectiveness, store operations andmulti-channel execution.



Accenture Accenture Pre-Contract Analytics

HealthcareNorth America,Europe

IBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognos 8Planning

Pre-Contract Analytics offers companies the foresight toshape contracts, optimize revenue and ROI, and offer theright discounts to customers before anything gets signed.The capability offers a closedloop solution for identifyingopportunities, evaluating customer performance,forecasting proposed performance, garnering internalapprovals, and negotiating and finalizing the deal. Thesolution combines the appropriate people, processes, andtechnology, including the power of IBM Cognos Planningand IBM Cognos 8 BI, to create a collaborative model forbetter contract performance.

BidetimeLimited

BidetimeHealthcarePerformance Pack

HealthcareUKIBM Cognos 8BI; IBM CognosPlanning

Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack is performancemanagement software for the healthcare industry.

3C Pharma, Inc. Clintelligence Pharmaceuticals

North AmericaIBM CognosReportNet;IBM CognosPowerPlay

Clintelligence is a business intelligence portal forpharmaceutical clinical development.


HealthcarePerformanceManagementSolution (HPM)

HealthcareNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

The Healthcare Performance Management (HPM) solutionis a complete performance management solution for thehealthcare industry

Phase Forward InForm ITM version4.5

MedicalElectronic DataCapture

WorldwideIBM CognosReportNet

The InForm ITM platform delivers the most robust and all-encompassing EDC solution in the market today. Itsscalable architecture and user-friendly designaccommodate the needs of smaller organizations lookingfor solutions today that will expand to future needs


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Life Sciences Solutions

Cognos, an IBM Company and its partners drive higher performance in the life sciences industry by helping institutions to:

• Improve operational efficiency

• Drive efficiency in product development

• Drive performance in sales & marketing

• Comply with regulatory guidelines

Our solutions for life sciences include:



InnovationCenter

Sales QuotaAllocationPerformanceBlueprint

Sales QuotaWorldwideThis Blueprint leverages IBM Cognos 8 Planning and IBMCognos 8 BI to enable incentive compensation analystsand sales managers to determine the proper sales quotafor each territory, addressing changing market conditionswhile meeting corporate revenue objectives.

PalladiumGroup, Inc.

Integrated BrandManagementBlueprint

PharmaceuticalsNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognos 8Planning

AllianceConsulting

Life SciencesSales andMarketingInformationFramework

HealthcareNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,PowerPlay, BISeries 7,Impromptu

Visual i|o Visual i|oAdvancedVisualizationSolutions Poweredby IBM CognosSoftware

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet

Powered by IBM Cognos Software, Visual i|o’s AdvancedVisualization Solutions provide new, visual perspectives ofdata to accelerate decision-making and problem-solving.Visual i|o visualizations combine data from disparatesources to eliminate many of the manual processesrequired for complex management reports.

InnovationCenter

Clinical TrialEnrollmentForecastingPerformanceBlueprint

Clinical TrialsWorldwideThis Blueprint offers analytics to help ensure adequatepatient participation and facilitate collaboration betweenmanagers, analysts, and individual investigator sites. Itlinks enrollment data to financial data to show the dollareffect of differing enrollment projections.

InnovationCenter

Clinical TrialsPerformanceBlueprint

Clinical TrialsWorldwideThis Blueprint helps pharmaceutical companies betteranticipate clinical trial resource requirements andaccompanying expenses in order to comply with FDAfiling requirements.


The Integrated BrandManagement Blueprint addresses thecomplexity of managing a global pharmaceutical brand fromstrategic, operational, and financial perspectives by combiningindustry-tested performancemanagement frameworks withproven enterprise performancemanagement tools.Theblueprint leveraging IBMCognos 8 Business Intelligence (BI)and IBMCognos Enterprise Planning to provide access tomeaningful information through strategymaps,corporate anddivisional scorecards, and operational dashboards.

Alliance’s framework offers mid-tier pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies comprehensive reporting andanalysis capabilities that increase brand adoption processthrough optimized targeting and call planning.Allianceapproach consists of proprietary technology assets andservices for pharmaceutical sales andmarketing datawarehousing and customer master data management that arespecifically designed to meet the needs of evolving mid-tierpharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.Alliance’ssolution provides rapid time to benefit while establishing asolid architectural foundation that is readily scalable andflexible to support long-term business expansion and growth.

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InnovationCenter

SampleOptimizationPerformanceBlueprint

SampleAllocationPlans

WorldwideThis Blueprint enables pharmaceutical executives todevelop and implement sample allocation plans that arein line with corporate revenue objectives.

IBM Health Analytics HealthcareWorldwideThis solution enhances IBM Health Analytics solutions withworld-class enterprise planning and Business Intelligencesoftware and services to help healthcare organizations plan,understand,andmanage financial and operationalperformance.Actionable, trusted, real time data at the righttime and place helps decisionmakers in healthcareorganizations realize important insights from existing clinicaland business systems,and new opportunities for growth.

IBM Life SciencesPromotionalSpending andCompliance

PromotionalSpending andCompliance

WorldwideThis solution enables Life Sciences companies to takeadvantage of a combination of services and tools fromCognos and IBM to accelerate not only their ability tomeetchanging complex State and Federal regulations forpromotional spending,butmore importantly tomove beyondcompliance into leveraging key integrated customer,promotional spending,drug sales,and clinical information forimproved business decision-making and planning capabilities.




Accenture Pre-Contract Analytics fills a significant gap in apharmaceutical company’s pre-deal analysis capabilities. Itoffers companies the foresight to shape contracts, optimizerevenue and ROI, and offer the right discounts to customersbefore anything gets signed.

The capability offers a closed-loop solution for identifyingopportunities, evaluating customer performance, forecastingproposed performance, garnering internal approvals, andnegotiating and finalizing the deal.

Benefits

• Dynamic business modeling capabilities

• High participation analytics

• Data-driven decision-making

• Real business ROI

Features

Pre-Contract Analytics provides easy-to-manipulate businessmodels to better predict financial impacts of contract termsand market conditions.When a new contract opportunity isidentified, the user can open a planning model to evaluatecontract alternatives and compare scenarios.

Other functionality includes the ability to:

• Adjust market conditions and events, and create scenariosto test contracting options.

• Automatically load historical sales and contractinformation.

• Collect notes on each scenario and track all changes.

• Conduct driver-based modeling that links to operationaldata to enable forecasting and planning.

• Easily create complex predictive calculations based onmultiple variables.

• Present information as part of a contract managementdashboard.

• Monitor KPIs and contract milestones and make otherusers aware of these events.

• Report on or automatically integrate contract informationinto PowerPoint decks for presentations using CognosConnection.

Architecture

The solution is Web-based and easily deployed across theorganization. Designed for companies with even the mostcomplex business models, IBM Cognos 8 Planning is a fullyintegrated, highly scalable solution for planning, budgeting,

and forecasting.

It also includes the power of IBM Cognos 8 BI,which provides decision-makers with aconsistent, accurate view of information to bettermanage performance. It offers users a completerange of BI capabilities including analysis,scorecarding, and reporting on a singlearchitecture.

Accenture Pre-Contract Analytics



Every healthcare organization must prioritize service deliveryto their patients, while at the same time optimizing resourcesand meeting regulatory targets.

Using IBM Cognos performance management software,Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack allows healthcareorganizations to plan, analyze, and report to stakeholders andmanagement on all key aspects of their service delivery. Thisincludes waiting lists, long stays, bed blocking, revenues, andpredicted surplus/deficit.

IBM Cognos Planning allows providers and commissioners toplan demand by patient procedure, and forecast the revenuegenerated.As well, providers will soon be able to capturestandard costs and calculate surplus/deficit, and applydemand constraints. This meets all the “Payment by Results”(PbR) requirements of the UK National Health Service.

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence is used to analyze andreport actual performance, enable day-to-day managementdecisions, and provide regular management and statutoryreports.

The Bidetime Healthcare Performance Managementframework layer extracts and transforms data from commonpatient administration systems, electronic patient recordsystems, and clinical systems supplied by companies such asiSoft, Cerner, and McKesson.

Benefits

• Finance and management can avoid end-of-year deficitsby iteratively planning demand, forecasting revenue, andcalculating surplus/deficit throughout the year.

• Clinicians and management can better manage scarceresources through daily monitoring and analysis of bedstates, theatres, radiology, and so on.

• Information services and management can automate theproduction of standard regulatory and managementreports, allowing more time for analyzing results andplanning appropriate action

Features

• Extracts, transforms, and loads key data from commonhealthcare operational systems

• Provides standard healthcare regulatory and managementreports

• Provides monitoring, analysis, and reporting of any aspectof the healthcare organization including workforce,pharmacology, radiology, A&E, and financials

• Planning application allows users to forecast demand andrevenues by procedure

Architecture

Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack allows healthcareorganizations to implement, stage by stage, a full PDSAperformance model:

• Plan: Use the planning model to plan activity, income, andexpenditure, ensuring each activity is within budget andsufficient to meet the organizational costs

• Do: Ensure actions are aligned with strategy usingscorecards, departmental dashboards, operationalreports, and event notification

• Study: Use intuitive analysis tools and drill through todetailed patient and transaction level data where required

• Act: Re-model and re-forecast

Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack



Clintelligence is a business intelligence portal forpharmaceutical clinical development. Itcombines real-time status and informationtracking with performance monitoring tools togive your organization a holistic view ofoperations.

Using the full breadth of Cognosfeatures, Clintelligence delivers rich anddynamic clinical performance contentusing over 35 different reports andgraphs, analysis cubes, and on-screengraphics.They are filtered andpersonalized based on a user’s role inthe organization. Executives stayinformed about submission-leveltimeline events and clinical development plan KPIs,while clinical teams can focus on trial and siteprogress. Project planners apply historicalperformance data to future planning, and data managementkeys-in on barriers to database lock.The entire clinicalorganization shares tightly choreographed operational andperformance objectives, enabled by Clintelligence.

While each clinical area focuses on activities relevant to them, acommon element ties all these activities together— the data.Clintelligence requires no data entry because it leverages existingdata in systems such as EDC and EPS. Status is real-time anddecisions are made based on complete information.Teamsbecome aware of their performance weaknesses and strive toimprove.Development goals are met, and performance isspotlighted for continual process improvement.

Benefits

• Streamline and better coordinate operations by focusing on acentral, stable source of drug development informationacross all clinical areas

• Bring positive visibility to critical performance indicators,allowing rapid identification of business concerns—beforethey become problems

• Provide teams with shared, zero-effort status reporting,reshaping data into new and useful formats.

• Drive clinical performance management against industrystandard benchmarks, and against targets set by yourorganization

Features

• Six key focal areas of business analysis

• Over 30 pre-defined KPIs

• Five multidimensional OLAP cubes for ad-hocanalysis

• Dozens of ready-to-run reports and views, frombasic enrollment graphs to complex drillableperformance analyzers

• Portal structure and navigability that is intuitive andengaging to users

• Oracle data backbone and true star schemas

• Industry-leading IBM Cognos BI frameworkand toolset

• Define additional custom KPIs withoutprogramming

• Easily add custom reports, graphs, and cubeson top of the supplied framework

Architecture

Clintelligence provides an extensible BI architecture for clinical,implemented in the Cognos and Oracle industry-standardtoolsets.These tools ensure compliance and scalability forvirtually any enterprise platform, allowing corporate IT to supportand enhance the product as needed.Clintelligence consists ofthe following components:

•Operational data store (ODS) - This normalized schema ofover 200 tables is the staging repository for data coming fromclinical source systems such as CTMS,CDM or EDC, andIVRS randomization

•Clintelligence ETL - ETL from source systems into the ODS istypically custom, although some adapters are available for themost common clinical source systems

•Clintelligence schema - The BI schema consists of theMilestones & Metrics Data Mart for clinical performance, andconsists of almost 50 dimension and fact tables in a starschema

• Presentation layer - Clintelligence uses IBM CognosReportNet portals, customized with the SDK, to deploybusiness role-specific dashboards for status andperformance measures.These are delivered via drillable, inter-laced IBM Cognos ReportNet reports and graphs, IBMCognos PowerPlay cubes, andVisualizer graphics built on arobust framework

Clintelligence



The Parson Healthcare Performance Management (HPM)solution allows your organization to tie patient clinical data withadministrative performance information. It provides a completeview of the health of the patient and the underlying costassociations of the practice.

HPM uses IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence, and MicrosoftWindowsWorkflow, to provide the 360-degreetransparency you need to increase efficiency, reachfinancial objectives, and improve clinical outcomes. Itprovides analysis, dashboards, and reporting ofoperational, financial, and clinical KPIs to supportdecision-making. HPM specifically addresses theneeds of healthcare providers, including integrateddelivery systems, hospitals, ancillary care systems,independent practice associations (IPAs), andmanagement services organizations (MSOs).

HPM modules include:

• Strategic Planning Module: Develop a detailed 10-yearplan to support product and service-line decisions,location and access decisions, pricing, and more

• Financial Module: Monitor the financial health of yourorganization, improve budgeting and forecastingcapabilities, and reduce revenue cycle time, analyzerevenue and expenses, and perform financialbenchmarking

• Operational Module: Improve workflow, staffing, andscheduling; increase efficiencies; reduce waste; measurepatient satisfaction; and more

• Clinical Module: Improve patient safety, care teamperformance, disease management, and clinicaloutcomes —from the executive dashboard level to thepatient level

• Reporting Module: Delivers financial, quality, regulatory, andaccreditation reporting including pay-for-performance

Benefits

• Streamlines, automates, and integrates the strategicplanning and budgeting process

• Enhances revenue and cash forecasting capabilitiesrelated to patients, health plans, pay-for-performanceprograms, investment decisions, and more

• Provides a dashboard view of your organization’s KPIs

• Improves clinical outcomes and disease managementprograms

• Leads to more intelligent staffing and scheduling

• Helps ensure the right quantities of equipment andsupplies are in the right place at the right time

Features

• Comprehensive datamodel

• Benchmarkingcapability

• Performanceplanning model

• Dashboard reportpackage

• Data integrationwizard

• Workflow and integration package with overall solution

Architecture

The HPM solution includes predefined, customizable datamarts for functional subject areas of healthcare integrateddelivery.

• Comprehensive planning and forecasting models providehigh-level strategic planning as well as detailed clinical,financial, and operational planning that can be rolled intoan enterprise-wide plan.

• The Reporting and Analysis modules are built using IBMCognos 8 reporting, analysis, and query. IBM Cognos 8event management provides event-driven notificationbased on customized thresholds.

• Microsoft WindowsWorkflow provides the foundation foradvanced automation and workflow that can be triggeredfrom Cognos event management. Metrics-drivenmanagement utilizes Cognos 8 scorecarding and includesa top-level executive dashboard.

HPM runs on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It supports abroad range of relational and non-relational data sources, withthe healthcare performance data warehouse on Microsoft SQLServer or Oracle RDBMS.

Healthcare Performance Management



The InForm ITM platform provides comprehensive data entry,edit-checking, and query management functionality for datacapture and data cleaning. The robust reporting and analysiscapabilities provide real-time access to trial data.With timelyand insightful views into trial data, sponsors can make moreinformed decisions, mitigating risks and improving overall trialconduct.

The InForm ITM supporting modules encompass trial setupand design, trial conduct, standards-based document archiveand submission, and integration with third-party clinical andnon-clinical software solutions.

Benefits

• Enables bio-pharmaceutical companies, medical devicecompanies, CROs, and AROs to integrate and automatethe management of their entire clinical developmentprocess

• Combines leading EDC capabilities with built-in reportingand analysis functionality to deliver management toolsfor better, more efficient trial management

• Real-time access to clinical data and operational trialmetrics needed to make accurate and timelydecisions

• Enables rapid retrieval of both clinical and operationaldata, real-time performance monitoring, trend analysis,and exception handling while reducing costs, limitingon-site administrative visits, streamlining productiontime, and shortening decision cycles

• Early and real-time access to data saves time, money,and development resources while also mitigating thesafety risks associated with clinical development

• Web-based, zero-footprint solution

• Reporting and analysis tools are out-of-the box.A pre-defined and purpose-built reporting model based onPhase Forward best practices is included and ready-to-deploy. The reporting schema is open and publishable,facilitating ease of interoperability with other datamanagement and reporting systems

Features

The InForm ITM platform and its supporting modules provideclinical sites and trial sponsors with all the tools required toefficiently conduct and manage EDC-based clinical trials:

• InForm Architect is an easy-to-use drag and drop designtool for fast set up and design of trial forms, visits, anddefined edit checks

• InForm Portal provides a communication vehicle for siteand sponsor information exchange and documentmanagement with version control capabilities

• Central Coding for InForm facilitates multi-study, industry-standard, and customized coding of drug names,indications, and adverse events

• InForm CRF Submit generates electronic commontechnical document (eCTD) compliant Adobe PDFeditions of the InForm ITM electronic case report forms(eCRFs) for site and sponsor archive and eSubmission toregulatory agencies

• InForm Adapter provides a number of Web services-based interfaces that enable integration, extensibility, andworkflow across the InForm modules and with other third-party software systems

• InForm Reportingand Analysisleverages a built-in reportingmodel thatenables asponsor’s staff torun both standardand ad hocoperational andclinical reports

Architecture

InForm ITM ships with 32 dynamic and configurable standardreports along with an advanced ad hoc reportingenvironment. It delivers unprecedented functionality into thehands of study managers, lead Clinical Research Associates,and Clinical Data Managers.

InForm ITM adheres to regulatory guidelines for drug anddevice development including Good Clinical Practices (GCP)and FDA - 21CFR part 11. It also supports the Clinical DataInterchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) standards for dataand submission.

InForm Integrated Trial Management (ITM)



Integrated Brand Management Blueprint

The Life Sciences Integrated Brand Management Blueprintcombines industry-tested performance managementframeworks with enterprise performance management andplanning tools. It provides integrated access to customizablestrategy maps, corporate and divisional scorecards, operationaldashboards, and planning tools. Delivered as aWeb-basedsolution, the Blueprint takes advantage of the powerful featuresof IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos 8Planning.

With real-time access to key performance indicators, a brandmanager or therapeutic area manager can more effectivelymanage action plans and budgets, monitor cross-divisionalprocesses, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Thebrand manager can modify and re-prioritize the numerousprojects that impact a brand’s performance and reflect them inthe financial drivers of related budgets and plans.

The Blueprint enables the creation and implementation of across functional, brand management process based on asingle version of the truth, ensuring that decisions are madewith the right information.

Benefits

The Integrated Brand Management Blueprint addresses thecomplexity of managing a global pharmaceutical brand fromstrategic, operational, and financial perspectives. It combinesstrategy maps, balanced scorecards, and performance driveranalysis with operational dashboards and enterprise planningtools.

The Blueprint provides the framework and toolset needed toquickly identify performance trends and issues, and to drilldown into the individual projects that drive a brand’sperformance while reflecting changes in budgets and plans.Key benefits include:

• A holistic approach for brand management that links high-level strategy to operations management and financialplanning.

• Improved ability to analyze and understand key drivers andmetrics for a successful brand.

• Improved ability to quickly identify and resolve processbottlenecks and issues with brand launches.

• Top-down and bottom-up planning and managementcapability.

• Improved understanding of the true impact of managementdecisions and investments.

The Blueprint is designed to accelerate and improve theeffectiveness of brand launches and management – from pre-launch Phase IIIb activities to patent expiration and competitionwith generics.

Features

• Advanced scorecards and dashboards linked to strategicobjectives

• CustomizedWeb-based portal for all brand managementand therapeutic area management activities

• Role-based reports for individuals throughout the chain ofcommand

• Integration with enterprise project management tools allowseffective initiative management from a centralized console

• Detailed planning models to manage marketing initiatives,regulatory activities, and interactions with the medicalcommunity

• Structured event notification and status monitoring toensure appropriate actions are taken when a decision ismade

Architecture

The Blueprint uses a variety of Cognos tools to create an end-to-end solution:

• Cognos scorecarding is used to store summary metricsand provide an intuitive interface for metrics and strategymanagement.

• Cognos reporting is used to develop dashboards andreports that can be consumed in numerous forms,including Blackberry, PDFs, and PowerPoint.

• Cognos event management is used to automate activitiesthroughout the system

• IBM Cognos 8 Planning manages the financial dataassociated with brand management initiatives and utilizesrolling forecasts and driver-based planning.

• Cognos Connection provides an integrated portal tomanage, view, and analyze information in an intuitiveenvironment.



Alliance’s Information Management (IM) Framework offersemerging and mid-market pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies comprehensive reporting and analysiscapabilities. These capabilities support the brand adoptionprocess through increased effectiveness of sales andmarketing resources.

The IM Framework is based on best practices gained throughyears of extensive industry experience that supports a widerange of promotional strategies. This framework consists ofproprietary technology assets and services for datawarehousing and customer master data management that arespecifically designed to meet the needs of evolving mid-tierlife sciences companies.

Alliance’s IM Framework architecture is designed to expandincrementally, in step with the increased complexities,volumes, and integration requirements of growingorganizations. The IM Framework is offered as an in-housesolution or in a hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)environment.

Benefits

• Rapid time to benefit with comprehensive datamanagement, decision support, and customer masterfunctionality, tailored the specific needs of an organization.

• A scalable and extensible architecture that readilyresponds to changes in business needs such as mergers,new sales forces, markets, and products.

• A cost-effective SaaS subscription model that is readilytransferable to in-house operations.

• Alliance’s Master Data eXchange (MDX) data exchangehub provides comprehensive customer master data

management capabilities at a fraction of the cost ofcomparable solutions.

• A reporting and analytics framework that meets the needsof a remote sales force, as well as the needs of homeoffice management and executives.

Features

Alliance’s Life Sciences Sales and Marketing IM Frameworksolution consists of multiple components that are integrated toprovide timely throughput and accurate information todownstream reporting and analysis applications.

• Source data acquisition facility - The solution capturesboth externally sourced data from popular syndicated dataand process providers such as IMS,WK,Verispan, as wellas data originating from internal sources such asSFA/CRM, ERP, and contract management systems.

• Data QA/QC utilities - The rule-based utilities automatecommon data validation tasks for incoming feeds throughthe use of configurable business rules and processmetrics collection for vendor scorecarding.

• Customer data management - Central to the solution is itsability to conform customer data for healthcareprofessionals, organizations, and affiliations acrossdisparate data sources.Alliance’s MDX Software as aService architecture provides full-featured, hub-basedcustomer master capability.

• Reference data management - The console-basedinterfaces provide data management and querycapabilities for competitor products, market definitions,product groups, geographies, and customers.

• Data repositories - Data storage and presentationcapabilities provide time-variant dimensional perspectivesto support historic, current, and projected views of data.

• Reporting and analysis - Using the suite of Cognos tools,the solution provides comprehensive reporting andanalysis capabilities.

In addition to comprehensive data integration capabilities, theIM Framework provides a rich analytics presentation layer thatleverages the Cognos 8 architecture and is exposed throughboth Report Studio and Analysis Studio. Earlier versions of thereporting and analytics components leveraged IBM CognosImpromptu, IBM Cognos ReportNet, and IBM CognosPowerPlay.

Life Sciences Sales and MarketingInformation Framework



Visual i|o’s Advanced Visualization Solutions provide visualperspectives of your data to accelerate decision-making andproblem-solving.Visual i|o visualizations combine data fromdisparate sources to eliminate many of the manual processesrequired for complex management reports.

With a suite of more than 25 visual components, Visual i|oprovides new ways to efficiently analyze large volumes ofcomplex data and support everyday decision-making.

Benefits

• Facilitates faster, more-informed decision-making

• Empowers business users to easily understand complexdata through powerful interactivity

• Reduces manual reporting processes through self-servicecapabilities

• Extends existing Cognos investments

• Integrates easily within the Cognos environment

Features

• Provides interactive views (Gantt charts, bubble charts,heat maps) of complex data from disparate sources

• Easy-to-use controls and filters allow users to interactivelyinvestigate data in real time.

• Packages industry-relevant templates and expertise (e.g.,pharmaceutical portfolio management, sales teamforecast)

• Provides a rich,Web-based experience for tracking timeflows and trends, exploring patterns in data, andfiltering/highlighting based on user requirements

Architecture

Visual i|o business analysis components are optimized to runwith IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.

The visualizations are presented within the CognosConnection Portal to provide a security model and singleapplication server for Web-based users. The visualizationsrequest data through Cognos reports —both scheduled andon-demand.The XML output is then formatted into user-friendly views.

Visual i|o Advanced Visualization Solutions



This Blueprint employs a weekly forecast for a number ofclinical trials and a choice of forecast methods to determinewhether the trial can be a success. Actual data is used tomeasure the success of the original forecast.

It is expected that changes in forecast methodology andfactors will be made on an ongoing basis. The workflowintended for this model assumes that each site analyst willinput and track a number of clinical trials. Regional Managerswill receive daily updates and may track all trials in theirregion. The actual data will be updated on aweekly basis.


The Clinical Trial Enrollment ForecastingBlueprint meets a number of objectives:

• Establishes clear and concise targets foreach regional manager for specific clinicalstudies

• Provides the ability to create what-ifscenarios

• Evaluates historical data in order toevaluate the effectiveness of the plan

• Provides immediate feedback on planningdecisions

• Allows reporting and analysis by clinicalstudy and region.

Clinical Trial Enrollment Dashboard Snapshot

This Blueprint provides a hierarchy of dashboards and reportsdesigned to give users a clear understanding of clinical trialenrollment outcomes. The dashboard, shown below, serves asthe starting point for a Regional Manager. The sections of thisdashboard include Site Activation Performance monitor forUSA and Europe, a report on Program Enrollment Statistics;Regional Analyzer graphic showing Enrollment and Screen FailStatistics; and a selection of reports.


Clinical Trial Enrollment ForecastingPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint helps pharmaceutical companies betteranticipate clinical trial resource requirements andaccompanying expenses in order to comply with FDA filingrequirements. The importance of managing the clinical trialprocess can not be understated. Currently, pharmaceuticalcompany budgets exceed $400 million in total expenses,which accounts for 37 percent of total research anddevelopment costs (according to Cutting Edge Information).While trials costs are increasing, so is the complexity of theprocess, as it expands beyond finance to include both internaland external clinical development functions. Clearly, a moreproactive approach is required— one that better matches thereality of clinical trials expense generation. This Blueprint isdesigned to help financial professionals andclinical trial managers better forecast, plan, andmanage trial expenditures through an activity-based approach that matches expenses toactivities, in contrast to time-based accrualmethods. Through a review of fixed and variablecost-driven enrollments, clinical trial expensemodels can be developed to streamline andsimplify the bottom-up forecasting process byincreasing plan accuracy and timeliness to helpmake better resource allocation decisions.


• Increases visibility into the impact of patientenrollment.

• Enhances decision-making throughunderstanding of performance differencesbetween sites and across studies.

• Enables real-time consolidation of the entire portfolioforecast.

• Creates forecasts linked to and driven by underlyingprotocol design data.

• Provides version, scenario, and what-if analysis.

• Updates and recalculates for actual spend activity.

• Eliminates the need for error-prone Excel spreadsheets.

The models and processes outlined in this documentrepresent a generic best practice and are fully flexible to meetthe specific needs and requirements of any global bio-pharmacompany.

Planning Process Inputs: Snapshot

The clinical trial planning process manages a number ofinputs by project phase over time. These inputs (or influences)include protocol assumptions, fixed costs (central and site),patient retention and recruitment, and organizational targets.Each of these inputs provides data that drives clinical trialperformance. (See figure 1).


Clinical Trials Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables incentive compensation analysts andsales managers to determine the proper sales quota for eachterritory, addressing changing market conditions while meetingcorporate revenue objectives.

The Blueprint provides three major pieces of functionality:

• A dashboard that allows the incentive analyst and salesmanagement to visualize historical and projected salesquota attainment

• A forecasting and modeling capability through which theincentive analyst can determine the optimal weighting ofkey sales quota drivers, and through which salesmanagement can customize quota plans based onlocal market conditions (with an audit trail, ofcourse!)

• Workflow management that eliminates the use ofdistributed spreadsheets, removing the manualreconciliation function and greatly simplifyingprocess management.

This Blueprint can help significantly reduce the time,overhead, and cost associated with quota management;enable pharmaceutical companies to move ever closerto optimizing revenue through quota allocation; andultimately drive increased revenue and profitability.

Analysis, Dashboards, and Scorecards Snapshot

This Blueprint provides a hierarchy of dashboards andreporting designed to guide the user through a clearerunderstanding of the allocation outcomes. The first report,shown below, is a dashboard that serves as the starting pointfor the incentive analyst or regional manager. The sections ofthis dashboard include State by State map showing ActualSales to Quota; Territory Distribution Chart % to Quota; andRegional Allocation by Product. Collectively, the information onthis dashboard shows the user exactly which regions areperforming well and which are underperforming.


Sales Quota Allocation Performance Blueprint



This Blueprints enables sales and marketing to focus on themost profitable territories and products through an effective,intuitive, and integrated process. The Blueprint improvesinsight into market indicators, field level information, andinventory levels. And it enables sales and marketing to ensurethat the samples distribution is in line with corporate targets.Blueprint Benefits:

• Optimized sample allocation process.

• Increased ROI from samples.

• Simplified gathering and validation of fieldinput.

• Flexible model development.

• High-participation work flow andWeb-baseddeployment for data collection andconsolidation.

• Real-time workflow.

• Real-time consolidation.

• Real-time calculations in the browser forimmediate insight into performance.

• Single operational system can be used acrossmultiple products and sales forces.

• Scalable architecture with proven deployments tothousands of users.

Territory Inventory Data Snapshot

Territory inventory is imported from the pharmaceuticalcompany’s inventory management system.The beginningterritory inventory lets sales management know what eachterritory currently has available. This information will be used toensure that all resources are utilized efficiently.


Sample Optimization Performance Blueprint



This solution enhances IBM Health Analytics solutions withworld-class enterprise planning and Business Intelligencesoftware and services to help healthcare organizations plan,understand, and manage financial and operationalperformance.

Actionable, trusted, real time data at the right time and placehelps decision makers in healthcare organizations realizeimportant insights from existing clinical and business systems,and new opportunities for growth.

Health Analytics

IBM-Cognos Healthcare Professional Aggregate Spend Reporting Solution

The IBM-Cognos Healthcare Professional Aggregate Spend Reporting Solution is a pre-built business intelligence solution IBM Cognos Product:that provides aggregate-spend reporting for the healthcare industry. IBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition:Meet aggregate spend requirements. Ensure regulatory compliance.

Key features: IBM Cognos 8 BI capabilities combined with IBM strategy, process design and implementation services.



This solution enables Life Sciences companies to takeadvantage of a combination of services and tools fromCognos and IBM to accelerate not only their ability to meetchanging complex State and Federal regulations forpromotional spending, but more importantly to move beyondcompliance into leveraging key integrated customer,promotional spending, drug sales, and clinical information forimproved business decision-making and planningcapabilities.

Life Sciences Promotional Spending and Compliance



Cognos, an IBM Company divides its public sector solutions into five segments including defense, education K-12, highereducation, federal & central government and state, local, county & provincial government.

Our solutions for public sector include:

Public Sector Solutions

IBM CrimeManagement andInsight

CrimeWorldwideIBM’s Crime InformationWarehouse solution helps unlockdata from operational systems that capture and reportcrime-based information. Included in the solution are DB2- DynamicWarehouse Edition, IBM Cognos ReportNet /IBM Cognos BI 8, OmniFind Analytics Edition, (ISV) ESRI–arcIMS GIS, along with Consulting Services, EntityAnalytics.

Paradigm ShiftTechnologyGroup, Inc.

Achievement Plus(A+)

EducationNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, PowerPlay,MetricsManager

A+ is a business intelligence solution for the educationmarket. Based on a dimensional data warehouse, andproviding more than 50 readymade reports. A+ givesschool boards a powerful enterprise wide achievementanalysis solution, allowing school boards to focus onimproving student achievement instead of worrying abouttheir data infrastructure.

BearingPoint GovernmentPerformanceManagement(GPM)

Civilian andDefense

WorldwideIBM CognosPlanning, IBMCognosReportNet,IBM CognosPowerPlay

Government Performance Management is a performancemanagement solution for civilian and defense governmentagencies.

InnovationCenter

Enrollment andTuition Planning forHigher EducationPerformanceBlueprint

EnrollmentPlanning

WorldwideColleges and universities can use this Blueprint to alignforecasts for student enrollment and tuition revenue withfaculty, staff, and resource requirements, and plans forfuture growth.

InnovationCenter

ProgramObjectiveMemorandum(POM) PerformanceBlueprint

rogramObjectiveMemorandum

WorldwideThis Blueprint allows U.S. government agencies to makebetter resource allocations and shorten the ProgramObjective Memorandum (POM) submission cycle bymonths.

InnovationCenter

Salary Planning andPosition Control forHigher EducationPerformanceBlueprint

SalaryPlanning

WorldwideThis Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, and reporting—that helps colleges and universities analyze currentsalaries and benefits, and forecast future needs.

IBM MunicipalPerformanceManagementScorecard

MunicipalWorldwideChoose from an integrated software stack in the CognosPerformance Management SystemCognos BI 8 featuringreporting and analysis, planning,measuring andmonitoring—for any area of the state, local, regional organization.Also, takeadvantage of the Cognos Innovation Center, a forum andresource center for Cognos customers and partners focusedon performancemanagement.




Achievement Plus (A+)

Achievement Plus (A+) is a business intelligence solution forthe education market. Providing analysis of elementary andsecondary report cards, EQAO and standardizedassessments, A+ supports ETL from a variety of the mostpopular SMS systems, and loads more than 20 different formsof standardized assessments.

The solution is based on a dimensional data warehouse, andprovides more than 50 ready-made reports. A+ provides apowerful enterprise wide achievement analysis solution,allowing school boards to focus on improving studentachievement instead of worrying about their datainfrastructure.

Benefits

• Automated ETL keeps the data warehouse currentautomatically.

• The ETL process conforms data to ensure that it is readilysearchable.

• The most important data is available in a centralizedlocation improving ease of backup, ease of searching, andease of analysis.

• Disparate sources of data are all conformed to one dataspecification, enabling searches that were not previouslypossible.

• Ready-made reports reduce the effort required to performcommon analysis tasks.

• The initial deployment of the application provides asolution that is ready to use with no additionaldevelopment on the part of the customer.

Features

Achievement Plus provides a data warehouse, source dataqueries, ETL of data, and pre-built reports.

It offers over 30 reports to quick-start customers in using thedata contained in their warehouse. The Framework modelallows customers to build their own custom reports to meettheir unique requirements.

Architecture

A+ provides a warehouse built with a dimensional data model.It uses Cognos Data Manager to manage system ETLs,Analysis Studio for dashboarding, and Cognos Connection toprovide user access to reports. A framework model has beenimplemented to facilitate reporting.



The Government Performance Management (GPM) solution istargeted at government agencies that want to better managetheir mission goals and performance. It addresses thefollowing issues:

• A lot of data, but not a lot of information

• Multiple major enterprise-wide data sources with multiplereporting mechanisms

• Multiple data sources needed for reporting

• No consistency across the organization

• No standard reporting tool

• Different calculations for the same metricacross the agency

• Complex Excel worksheets used for budgetingand planning

• The GPM solution is targeted for all governmentagencies, both civilian and defense

Benefits• More reliable and improved performance

• Early warning system provides predictiveanalysis

• Proactive highlighting and managing of tradeoffs

• Faster and more flexible budgeting

Features

• Web-based

• Seamlessly integrates existing reporting infrastructure withIBM Cognos ReportNet and IBM Cognos PowerPlay

• Single Sign-on

• Ad-hoc querying

• Three-dimensional data

• Fast access to summary-level information

• Drill-through to detailed information

• Multiple report formats

• Consolidates the following cycles in one application: POM(Program Objective Memorandum), FINPLAN (FinancialPlan), BER (Budget Execution Review), and PBD (Program

Budget Decisions)

• E-workflow management

• Multi-tier structure

• Interactive detail and summary-level reports

• What-if analysis

• Multidimensional analysis

Architecture

• Enterprise Planning – IBM Cognos Planning implementedfor planning, budgeting, and execution

• Enterprise Scorecarding – IBM Cognos Metrics Manager formission and support goals– BearingPoint responsible for agency wide goals.Administration for metrics

• Enterprise Business Intelligence – IBM Cognos ReportNetand IBM Cognos PowerPlay implemented for detailedanalysis– Distinct business areas now have IBM Cognos ReportNetreports and IBM Cognos PowerPlay cubes

Government Performance Management



Colleges and universities can use this Blueprint to alignforecasts for student enrollment and tuition revenue withfaculty, staff, and resource requirements, and plans for futuregrowth.

This Blueprint, together with Cognos performancemanagement software, provides a reliable, consistentmodeling tool that lets institutions analyze currentand projected enrollment not only at the facultylevel but also for the entire school. The Blueprintallows you to:

• Forecast enrollment and tuition revenue forresident, non-resident, and internationalstudents

• Plan at the faculty, departmental, or evencourse level using general or customizeddrivers

• Compare and analyze data using a numberof scenarios

• Plan over a five-year horizon

• Slice student data by year (freshman throughPhD) or by type (full-time, part-time, resident,and nonresident)

• View detailed fee listing

• Plan for grants, scholarships, and tuitiondiscounting

• Identify revenue opportunities from both filling up unusedcourse capacity and adding capacity to meet qualifiedstudent demand

Tuition Planning Scorecard

A typical planning process within a faculty might begin in anenrollment and tuition planning portal such as the Cognosscorecard below. The scorecard shows key performancemetrics such as tuition revenue, enrollment, opportunity cost,and discount rates by student class.


IBM Cognos Enrollment and Tuition Planning forHigher Education Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint allows U.S. government agencies to make betterresource allocations and shorten the Program ObjectiveMemorandum (POM) submission cycle by months.

This Blueprint has been designed for organizations to modeland do scenario planning in support of specific missionobjectives. For example, a planner couldconsider the total cost of deploying afighting or support unit— includingpeople, equipment, and infrastructure —and determine whether the unit is fullycapable and the mission objective canbe fully met within established missionguidelines.

Blueprint Benefits

The POM Blueprint has application beyond defense agencies.For analysis and goal-achievement as a budgeting driver, itcould be extended to include civilian agencies or any othercivilian agencies using the PPBE process. The businessbenefits for an organization using this Blueprint include:

• Improved budget accuracy.

• Better consistency through integrated planning.

• Increased accountability though high participation andvisibility.

• Improved flexibility:- Driver variables can be easily changed.- “What-if” analysis modeling can be performed.- Scenario analyses can compare alternatives.

• Better agency cohesion in the budgeting process as aresult of collaboration across a distributed environment.

POM Snapshot

The following view shows specific program elements for allagencies reporting to this Division. The example shows objectclass costs (and FTEs) for a specific program element (32IMET).

The next report is a monthly flash which gives the user aprompt option to select a specific agency. It displays the datawith a ranking of the highest YTD costs for various Programelements.


IBM Cognos Program Objective Memorandum (POM)Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, and reporting— thathelps colleges and universities analyze current salaries andbenefits, and forecast future needs.


The Blueprint helps you analyze current salaries andbenefits, and forecast future needs:

• Understand the total cost of individual instructorsincluding all benefits and lump sum payments.

• Understand how individuals are funded, and whenfunding sources are going to change or run out.

• Do scenario planning for funding sources to gaininsight into where funding will come from in thefuture or which funding streams need to bereplaced and when.

• Understand how budgeted salaries are splitamong multiple payroll accounts.

• Plan for instructor demand based on course andcurriculum requirements.

Compensation Planning Snapshot (image from IssuePaper, page 2)

Analyze current salaries, benefits, and tenure status of allfaculty.


IBM Cognos Salary Planning and Position Controlfor Higher Education Performance Blueprint



IBM’s Crime InformationWarehouse solution helps unlock datafrom operational systems that capture and report crime-basedinformation.

Included in the solution are DB2 - DynamicWarehouseEdition, Cognos Reportnet / Cognos BI 8, OmniFind AnalyticsEdition, (ISV) ESRI –arcIMS GIS, along with ConsultingServices, Entity Analytics.

Crime Management and Insight

IBM-Cognos Crime Information Data Warehouse

The IBM-Cognos Crime Information DataWarehouse is an information warehouse solution for police agencies. IBM Cognos Product:IBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition: Integrate crime information from a variety of sources. Report and analyze crime data in real time. Understand crime patterns andtrends. Improve officer safety and aid proactive policing.

Key features: Drag and drop information viewing, deliverable through IBMWebSphere Portal.



Choose from an integrated software stack in the CognosPerformance Management System Cognos BI 8 featuringreporting and analysis, planning, measuring and monitoring—for any area of the state, local, regional organization.

Also, take advantage of the Cognos Innovation Center, a forumand resource center for Cognos customers and partnersfocused on performance management.

Municipal Performance Management Scorecard



Cognos, an IBM Company and its partners drive higher performance in the manufacturing industry by helping customers to:

• Improve sales performance through deep insight into markets, customers, brand and product performance

• Drive incremental revenue by increasing their return-on-marketing and trade spending

• Increase profitability through cost management and reduction

• Improve supply chain performance, increase customer service and reduce costs

Cognos and its partners offer performance management solutions that provide visibility across the entire supply chain and armexecutives with the information needed to improve supply chain effectiveness.

Our solutions for the manufacturing industry include:

Manufacturing Solutions

IBS IBS Enterprise 6.0 Supply ChainManagement


IBS Enterprise 6.0 is a business intelligence solution forsupply chain management.

DSS de Mexico 3Pfinanciero(Planeación,presupuestos ypronósticos)

Latin AmericaIBM CognosPlanning

The Solution help companies to determine cash flowneeded in support of operations in order to reachoperational and financial goals based on sales, costs,expenses and human resources.

VantagePointSystems Inc.

BusinessVantagePoint

CorrugatedPackagingManufacturers


Business VantagePoint is a core business software systemfor corrugated packaging manufacturers.

AcumetricsBusinessIntelligence Inc.

Cognos CMSHead StartSolution

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,BI Series 7,Impromptu

Acumetrics has built Head Start solutions for clients usingCMS Software’s i5 ERP Solution. Leveraging years ofexperience on the CMS ERP solution, and a strategicpartnership with CMS Software, Acumetrics is able todeliver “out-of-the-box” business intelligence

CPM Solution Consumer GoodsPlanning

ConsumerGoods

EuropeIBM Cognos 8BI, IBM CognosPlanning

Consumer Goods Planning is a pre-built CorporatePerformance Management (CPM) solution for theconsumer goods industry.

NetpartnersConsultoria eSistemas Ltda

DistributorRelationshipManagement -DI-RM

Latin AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

DI-RM provides performance management solution thatcombine Cognos technology with Netpartners deepdomain expertise on distribution Channels. DI- RM isdesigned to identify processes and values that are criticalto your business process


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JarosTechnologiesCorporation

Jaros Analytics forOracle’s E-Business Suite

Oracle ERPNorth America,Europe

IBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet

Jaros is a comprehensive bi solution that enablesbusiness reporting for users of Oracle’s E-Business Suite.Jaros Analytics unlocks Oracle E-Business Suite data andmakes it available to the business. The unique hybridsolution makes operational data available in near real timeand facilitates strategic decision making and analysis.



InnovationCenter

Sales andOperations Planning(S&OP) ExecutiveReviewWorkbenchPerformanceBlueprints

Sales andOperationalExecutivereview

WorldwideThis Blueprint facilitates periodic executive review ofperformance against plans. It links sales, marketing,supply chain, manufacturing, and finance, so thatexecutives can easily see the financial impact of evolvingplans, spot variances, and balance critical resources toreach performance goals.

TataConsultancyServices

ManufacturingAnalytics

DiscreteManufacturing


Manufacturing Analytics (mBIDS) is a BI solution fordiscrete manufacturers. mBIDS provide an end-to-enddecision support system that is simplified, quick, and costeffective. Management is provided insight through industrystandard KPIs (SCOR), utilized to make informed strategicdecisions and achieve business objectives

Infor (formerlySSA Global)

SSA BusinessIntelligence


SSABusiness Intelligence is a business intelligence solutionfor manufacturing,distribution and service organizations.


SSA EnterpriseAnalytics

WorldwideIBM CognosDecisionStream

SSA Enterprise Analytics provides business-oriented datamarts to support the decision-making and analysis needsof manufacturing, distribution and service organizations.

Deloitte Inc. Supply ChainPerformanceAccelerator

Supply ChainWorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Supply Chain Performance Accelerator is a supply chainmanagement application for all industries.


InnovationCenter

Sales andOperations PlanningPerformanceBlueprints

SalesForecasting

WorldwideThis Blueprint allows management to reconcile sales anddemand forecasts with supply plans using a single,integrated performance management framework thatensures enterprise-wide alignment.

InnovationCenter

Trade PromotionManagementPerformanceBlueprints

TradePromotion

WorldwideThis Blueprint enables brand and categorymanagers as wellas sales executives to evaluatemultiple trade promotionscenarios, helping to effectively plan promotional activities thatwill lead to the greatest increases in sales andmargins.

IBM ManufacturingSales andOperationsPlanning

WorldwideIBM will combine the strong Sales and OperationsPlanning performance management capabilities ofCognos with extensive manufacturing industry expertiseto deliver solutions that allow manufacturers to meetcustomer demand, maintain appropriate inventory levels,balance production with a focus on scheduleachievement, and achieve financial goals.



3PFinanciero is an integrated financial planning and budgetingsolution for the manufacturing enterprise. It provides financialstatements based on sales, costs, expenses, loans, investmentprojects, andAccounts Receivable modules.The main benefit isthe ability to simulate different business scenarios and determinethe associated cash flow. Besides bottom-up planningcapabilities, the solution offers top-down modeling based onbreak-back enabled by IBM Cognos Planning.

3PFinanciero incorporates customer catalogues of products,sales markets, expense charts of accounts,manufacturing rawmaterials, loan characteristics, payroll characteristics, and mainfinancial statement accounts. It also leverages actual data fromcustomer sources.

Benefits

• Comprehensive application where all the relevant financialaspects are taken care of: sales, expenses, costs, assetsacquisition, depreciation, loans, accounts receivable, financialplanning, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow

• Top-down and bottom-up planning

• Faster budgeting, report preparation, and scenario creationtime

• Incorporates best-practice modeling based on IBM CognosPlanning

• Provides financial visibility under different scenarios, toevaluate the impact of different initiatives undertaken,reflecting them in cash flow

• Sales analysis by product and market; integrates units tosale, unit price, and discounts

• The Cost module evaluates how changes in raw materialsimpact the unit cost of each product

• Combining the estimated sale in units with raw materialrequirements, you can establish year-round commitmentswith suppliers to gain special volume discounts

Features

• Forecasting of units to sell, by product and market

• Budget of units to sell by applying two different forecastmethods: least square method applied to a lineal functionand to a saturated growth function

• Product unit cost calculation based on raw materialrequirements

• Expenses forecasting applies three different actualizationmethods: by inflation, exchange rate, or an increment

• Loan simulation takes loans in different currencies, interestrates, payment frequencies for capital and the interest(monthly, quarterly, by semester or annual); and calculatesthe loan balance,interestgenerated,interest payable,interest paid, inforeign currencyand nationalcurrency

• The project investment module is distinguished from assetacquisition since the project requires investment for anumber of months before starting depreciation. Thisinvestment goes to Construction in Progress; once it isfinished, the investment is moved to Plants andEquipment. The user can delay the expected cash flow bychanging the project start

• The top-down planning module is based on operatingmargin

• The financial planning module iterates until equilibrium inthe balance sheet is obtained. If capital plus liabilitiesexceeds assets, the difference is allocated to aninvestment account—provided that maximum cash isexceeded, with a yield that positively affects year earnings.If otherwise, the difference is allocated to a short-term loanthat generates an interest rate and also affects the yearearnings. The model allows a minimum cash limit, belowwhich a loan is automatically generated

Architecture

• Comparative P&L, balance sheet reports (actual vs.forecast and budget)

• Comparative sales by product and market (actual vs.forecast and budget)

• Best sold product by market

• Worst sold product by market

• Expense as a percentage of sales

• Raw material consumption

3P Financiero


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Business VantagePoint TM is a core business software systemfor corrugated box plants, sheet feeder plants, sheet plants,and multi-wall bag plants. The solution provides packagingprofessionals with comprehensive information and control ofcritical business processes.Your organization can focus oncustomer demands and better manage business processes —from initial sales contact through design, estimating, andordering to production and delivery. The system also providescontrol of raw material and finished goods inventory, and helpspackaging operations to optimize their costing structure.

By providing access to important information andmanagement dashboards, Business VantagePoint improvesmanagement decision-making. It is the only industry solutionthat incorporates full multi-plant capabilities to allow efficientworkload capacity planning and easy cross-organizationaltransactions.

Benefits

• Increases efficiency by identifying areas that requireoperational improvements

• Reduces working capital through efficient resourceplanning and workload balancing

• Increases on-time delivery and ability to follow-through onpromise

• Decreases order fulfillment time and reduce errors due tomanual processes

• Easy and fast request handling

• Increases customer loyalty through better service andfulfillment

• Improves inter-departmental communications

• Supports national accounts serviced by multiple plants foreasy credit checking and production planning

Features

• Flexible modules to handle all business scenarios —fromestimating to cash flow

• Workload management across work centers and plants;provides multi-plant capabilities

• Business activity monitoring

• On-line customer portal through Customer VantagePoint

• B2B and A2A connection tool through GatewayVantagePoint

• RFID capability

• Sales analysis and forecasting

• Financial cost rate analyzer

• Full support for IBM Cognos BI tools

Architecture

The solution is built on IBM Cognos PowerHouse and CognosAxiant thin-client technology. The application runs on UNIXandWindows servers and uses the Oracle RDBMS to housethe data.

Most customers use a centralized hosting of the application,and some installations include over 2000 users across NorthAmerica accessing the system. Since most of the data isstored in a transaction-orientated database schema,VantagePoint provides the necessary summary tables forsales and production reporting.

The application provides a comprehensive IBM CognosImpromptu catalogue for general reporting requirements,along with a suite of subject-matter catalogues for areas suchas inventory, sales, and production analysis. Pre-built IBMCognos PowerPlay cubes are also available to provide furtheranalysis of the business. Since a typical corrugated producerwill often have 25,000 or more products and over 2,000customer references, software such as IBM CognosPowerPlay makes it easy for VantagePoint users to quicklyanalyze the business.

Business VantagePoint



Acumetrics Business Intelligence has developed a Head Startsolution for the CMS Software i5 ERP. It provides an IBMCognos 8 BI framework model and OLAP models for sales,inventory, production, accounts receivable, balance sheet, andincome statement. The framework model maps the ERPdatabase and presents it to the user for easy reporting.

The ERP database tables and columns are identified usingcommon business language. Table joins are defined, commoncalculations added, and the content is organized intoperformance subject areas. The OLAP models providebusiness analysis and reporting across a broad spectrum ofbusiness performance areas, with common measures anddimensions.

With Head Start, CMS i5 ERP clients have access to a turnkeyBI solution that addresses multiple business areas.

Benefits

• Eliminate time to model the ERP database

• Out-of-the-box reporting and analysis across businessfunctions for instant ROI

• Customizable to client-specific business rules to supportunique client requirements

• Ability to train users on client data for better understandingand adoption

• Does not require a data warehouse to support businessreporting and analysis, reducing costs

Features

• Acumetrics Head Start provides the client with acomprehensive metadata model of the i5 ERP database.Modeling client data is typically a long process thatrequires in-depth knowledge of the data structure andreporting rules

• Acumetrics has worked in the manufacturing area and hasextensive experience with CMS i5 ERP.This allows us toprovide the solution as a pre-built product. Further, theOLAP models provide instant access to many businessmetrics, across multiple business dimensions —allleveraging the built-in data structure. By starting with thesesolutions, clients can better understand their performance,and enhance the solutions as they grow with the solution

• The IBM Cognos 8 framework model uses physical,business, presentation, and transformer layers to supportad hoc queries and advanced database reporting. TheOLAP models provide multi-dimensional analysis andreporting across the organization

Architecture

Acumetrics Head Start leverages the IBM Cognos 8 BI suite,including Framework Manager and Transformer, and itprovides client instant access to performance managementinformation through Query Studio, Analysis Studio, ReportStudio, Metrics Studio, and Event Studio.

CMS Head Start Solution



Consumer Goods Planning is a pre-built solution designed tomeet the corporate performance management needs of theconsumer goods industry. The solution covers the completeCPM cycle from strategic planning and balanced scorecard,to analysis and reporting.

Consumer Goods Planning covers specific industry issues insales and marketing, product costing, investment planning,and human resources. It helps consumer goodsmanufacturers and distributors make their operationalbudgets. It covers specific industry needs like forecasting anddemand trend planning, and simulates different pricingscenarios and marketing campaigns, as well as changes inthe production environment or material price changes. So yourorganization sees how these changes affect P&L, balancesheet, and cash flow.

Consumer Goods Planning offers pre-built analysis andreporting tools that allow your management team to monitorevolution of the plan, analyze business issues, make businessdecisions with quality information, and see how thesedecisions affect the bottom line.

Benefits

• Allows your company to:– Prepare financial and strategic plans using an integratedplatform that covers the complete business cycle– Monitor performance using pre-built scorecards– Analyze business data to find key business issues– Report to stakeholders using pre-defined reports

• Addresses industry-specific issues based on theexperience in the consumer goods industry of ourconsultancy team.

• Provides a complete and integrated CPM solutiondeveloped on the Cognos platform, the leader inperformance management.

Features

• Pre-built financial planning model covers the wholebusiness cycle including sales and marketing, productcosting, investments and depreciation, overhead, andcash flow

• Pre-built scorecards

• Pre-built OLAP cubes

• Pre-built reports

Architecture

Consumer Goods Planning was developed using the Cognosperformance management platform: IBM Cognos Planningand IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence.

Budgeting models for Cognos Planning include sales, HR,profit and loss, and balance sheet.

Scorecards include financial, client, HR, and productperspectives. Analysis cubes include sales and marketing,product costing, overhead, and HR. Pre-built reports coversales, product costing, HR, profit and loss, balance sheet, andcash flow.

The solution is compatible withWindows 2000 Server orhigher platforms, Microsoft SQL 2000 or higher, and Oracle 9or higher.

Consumer Goods Planning



Distributor Relationship Management – DI-RM

Distributor Relationship Management (DI-RM) is aperformance management solution that combines Cognos, anIBM company, technology with Netpartners’ deep domainexpertise in distribution channels.

DI-RM identifies processes and values that are critical to yourbusiness processes, allowing you to source any data fromwithin the enterprise as well as external sources.

DI-RM helps support the management and measurement ofcontrolled distributors through a user-friendly access system. Itis based on a standard model of indicators and an exploitabledatabase collection of customers and internal informationchannels.

On a daily basis you can, for example, obtain constantanalyses of stock levels and movements in warehousesthroughout the organization. This helps to optimize processesand transactions. On a long-range level, DI-RM providesaccess to sales information, statistics and benchmark data,market forecasts, and other data to help your companyanalyze current positions and decide future directions.

Benefits

The solution optimizes direct channel management byproviding valuable information for targets, sales, stocksmanagement, executive performance, sales performance,region coverage, etc. It serves as the catalyst for improvingcompany performance due to better indirect salesimprovements.

• Set, measure, and analyze goals for improving businessperformance

• Identify efficient processes or ineffective processes andstrategies

• Increase sales

• Increase productivity and efficiency

• Simplify operations

• Optimize stocks

• Synchronize production and optimize delivery schedules

• Improve customer service levels

Features• Control of sales, channel, and operations

• Ready information for delivery

• Management reporting

• Implementation in the customer’s host or Netpartner host

• Data integrity

• User friendly Web platform

• Simplified operations and easy administration

Predefined reports, metrics, cubes, and data models in theseareas: indirect sales, procurement, inventory, financials, salesversus targets, days outstanding/days in stock, penetration byoutlet/brand, customer coverage.

Architecture

DI-RM uses IBM Cognos 8 BI to provide business intelligenceto distributors or indirect sales channels. Through bestpractices reports and metrics, you can better analyze yourorganization and optimize results.



The IBS Business Intelligence (IBS BI) solution is designedwith supply chain management businesses in mind. Theseinclude distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers intargeted vertical markets, as well as other mid-sized and largecompanies looking for BI solutions in supply chainperformance.

IBS BI helps your company identify processes and values thatare critical to your business processes. The data warehouseallows you to source any data from within the enterprise, aswell as leverage data from external sources.

On a day-to-day basis you can, for example, obtain constantanalyses of stock levels and movements in warehousesthroughout the organization, helping to optimize processesand transactions. On a longer-range level, IBS BI providesaccess to sales information, statistics and benchmark data,market forecasts, and other data to help your companyanalyze current positions and decide future directions.

The Supply Chain Council-Europe has recognized IBS BI asthe premier BI solution that incorporates SCOR (Supply-ChainOperations Reference-model) metrics and benchmarking.SCOR is the international standard diagnostics tool forperformance measurement and analysis.

The IBS BI solution includes IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence client applications, ETL processes, and OLAPdata extractions — through an easy-to-use user interface.

Benefits

• Create structured information that supports the review,analysis, and re-engineering of business processes

• Improve profitability and competitive ability by identifyingefficient processes or ineffective processes and strategies

• Set, measure, and analyze goals for improving businessperformance

• Calculate and report KPIs and ROI

• The scalable application is suitable for single entities ormulti-company enterprises

• Performance measurement of supply chain processes,with tools designed by supply chain specialists

• Gain visibility into and improve efficiency of processes anddata throughout the enterprise supply chain

Features

• Centralized data warehousing for multi-system sourcedinformation

• Pre-defined client applications that use IBM Cognos 8 BI,allowing slice-and-dice functionality, data dimensions,multiple data export formats, and other easy-to-usefeatures

• Pre-defined business applications include reports foranalyses of sales order management, purchasing,inventory, and financials, as well as SCOR-defined reports

• Built-in SCOR metrics enable the definition of key valuesand measurement of critical processes

Architecture

IBS BI is a complete application that integrates Cognos serverand modeling as the reporting solution. Other componentsinclude MS SQL Server and MS Analysis Services as well as atool for ETL developed by IBS.The solution also has predefined schema transformations,cubes, and reports for the business areas addressed by theIBS Enterprise Application. Predefined reports, metrics, cubes,and data models are currently available in the following areas:

• Sales order management

• Procurement

• Inventory

• Financials

• SCOR (supply chain performance metrics as defined inthe SCOR model provided by Supply Chain Council, SCC)

IBS Business Intelligence, IBS Enterprise 6.0



Jaros Analytics for Oracle’s E-Business Suite

Jaros is a comprehensive business intelligence solution thatenables business reporting for customers who run Oracle’s E-Business Suite.

Jaros Analytics unlocks Oracle EBS data for the business. It isa unique hybrid solution that makes operational data availablein near real time using the operational data store. It alsofacilitates strategic decision-making and analysis using thesolution’s data marts.

The solution provides access to detailed data from Oracle E-Business Suite modules including Financials,Working Capital,Orders Management, Procurement, iProcurement, Inventory,Cost, Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing,Services and Contracts, HR, Payroll, Oracle Learning Module,and more.

Benefits

A key benefit of Jaros Analytics is the ability to provide righttime information: near real time, nightly, monthly, quarterly, oryearly data. This supports all operational and strategicreporting needs.It provides detailed and summary information in areas suchas:

• General ledger and sub ledger

• Revenue and margins

• Open receivables and payables

• Cash management and receipts

• Cost of Goods Sold

• Inventory value and inventory turns

• AR and AP invoices

• PO requisitions, orders, and receipts

• Vendor and customer performance

It is a fully documented solution that uses an active metadatarepository with aWeb-based help system.The built-in ETLproduct is consistently rated as one of most scalable byexpert analysts firms. It further supports implementationswithout open-ended consulting engagements.

Features

There are six major components of the solution:

• A Cognos 8 reporting layer with a dynamically builtFramework Manager model for instant reportingcapabilities

• Industry-specific data models including an operationaldata store that provides near real-time operationalinformation and a consolidated set of data marts thatenable enterprise reporting

• Pre-built ETL mappings that extract data from Oracle EBSand legacy systems to provide packaged analytics builtinto the Jaros data model

• An Active Meta Data Repository (AMDR) that fully definesthe analytics and provides a framework for extending andgrowing the solution. It generates metadata layers forreporting tools such as the Framework Manager, andprovides help systems that are synchronized with thesupported metadata layers

• Software that installs the product and allows customers toapply maintenance patches and enhancements

• A pre-built operational framework and execution workflowengine that executes ETL mappings in the proper order toload the operational data store and data models

Architecture

Jaros Analytics is tightly integrated with IBM Cognos 8,providing a dynamically generated Framework Manager(using our AMDR) that can be used immediately for reportdevelopment.



The SCOR compliant Manufacturing Analytics- mBIDSframework is a BI solution offered by Tata ConsultancyServices for discrete manufacturers. The framework consists ofan enterprise-wide Logical Data Model (LDM) and pre-builtanalytical reports and templates.

The LDM, which is process oriented facilitates the capture ofdata required for supply chain analysis, along with criticalfunctions like sales, marketing, and finance. The modelleverages the SCOR-based KPIs captured in the analyticaltemplates to achieve value measurement across the process.

The power of mBIDS, backed up by our BI expertise, providesa complete solution to help customers effectively manage theirbusiness.

Benefits

• Effectively drive organizational agility, efficiency andadaptability.

• Enable supply chain transformation programs.

• Comprehensive industry frameworks

– LDM covers all the key analytical domains.

– Reduces risk by ensuring the depth and consistency ofinformation in each subject area.

– Highlights the gaps in source data by uncovering themissing data elements and indicating the limitation ofsource data.

– Incorporates best practices through data and analyticstructures to guide the BI initiative.

• Time and cost savings

– Pre-built data model with data dictionary, entity-relationships, and access methods.

– Standardized report and dashboard templates.

– Support for the proven BIDST implementationmethodology.

• Flexibility

– Easily customized to suit the organization’s requirements.

– Modular structure optimized for incrementalimplementation.

• Scalability to support growth

– Correct relationship modeling technique enablessupport for the large volumes of granular data, as well as

for better query performance.

– Modular structure supports future growth.

Features

The Manufacturing Analytics – mBIDS framework is a SCOR-compliant, process-oriented solution. The LDM subject areascover manufacturing functions like procurement, inventory,production, quality control & maintenance, sales, distribution,and after sales service

• Demand and supply planning and management

• Vendor management, inventory management, contractmanagement, etc.

• Production planning, maintenance management, etc

• Logistics, warehouse management, etc

• After sales support, warranty analysis, etc

• Sales and Marketing

• FinanceArchitecture

• The framework consists of an enterprise-wide LogicalData Model (LDM) and pre-built analytical reports andtemplates which can be implemented in 3-tierarchitecture.

• With the help of a custom-built data extraction andintegration layer, this LDM, and the analytic reports built inCognos, can be customized and implemented in a shortertime.

• The Cognos Reporting solution is integrated with thedimensional and summary data layer.

Manufacturing Analytics (mBIDS)



SSA Business Intelligence delivers on the full promise ofactionable business information. Powered by IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence, SSA provides a single, proven BIenvironment for secure reporting, analysis, monitoring, andnotification.

Organizations within the manufacturing, distribution, andservice industries can reduce the complexity of theirenterprise reporting environments. The simple, self-serve SSAsolution improves user adoption, enables better decision-making, and provides an enterprise-scale foundation forperformance management. It meets the need for secure andtimely delivery of actionable information to employees,customers, suppliers, and partners

SSA BI integrates with SSA Global applications including SSAERP LN, SSA ERP LX, SSA FM, and SSA HCM.They offer ERPsolutions for the discrete and process industries, warehousemanagement, financial management, and human capitalmanagement. SSA BI also provides the information accessand delivery front end for a series of line-of-business datamarts created by SSA Enterprise Analytics.

The SSA solution provides pre-defined business contentconsisting of Cognos Framework Manager models as well aspre-defined reports in the areas of finance, sales, inventory,manufacturing, service, and purchasing.

Benefits

• Reduced complexity

• Increased user productivity

• Scalability

• Lower TCO

• Greater visibility and timeliness

Features

• Single product and architecture

• Centralized metadata

• Completely Web-based

• Pre-defined application integration and content

• High-performance, scalable

Architecture

The solution consists of IBM Cognos 8 BI software and pre-defined application integration and content from SSAGlobal. Itoffers significant value by reducing time to deployment andenabling immediate use.

SSA BI accesses the SSAGlobal applications through anODBC driver. The driver allows the Framework Manager modeland package to inherit the security enabled in the SSAGlobalapplication.

SSA BI is available for the following platforms:

• Unix – Oracle

• Microsoft Windows – SQL Server

SSA Business Intelligence



SSA Enterprise Analytics (SSA EA) provides a series ofbusiness-oriented data marts to support the decision-makingand analysis needs of sales, finance, procurement, production,inventory, and asset management. Consistent metrics anddefinitions across all lines of business provide a single versionof the truth.

Integration with SSA Global enterprise applications offers dataintegrity and accuracy to enable deployment in weeks ratherthan months. Pre-defined cubes and reports are also availablefor immediate business use.When combined with SSABusiness Intelligence, SSA EA forms a complete performancemanagement solution, allowing users to report, analyze,monitor, and notify using operational and data mart sources.

Organizations within the manufacturing, distribution, andservice industries can view key performance indicators from avariety of business angles. Managers and analysts can alsodrill into detail and understand the factors contributing tocorporate performance.

SSA EA is available with SSAGlobal applications includingSSA ERP LN, SSA ERP LX, SSA FM, and SSA HCM.They offerERP solutions for the discrete and process industries,warehouse management, financial management, and humancapital management.

Benefits

• Better decision-making

• Rapid time to deployment

• Single version of the truth

• Leverage IT infrastructure and information assets

• Cost avoidance

• Best-practice adoption

Features

• Multidimensional, timely information

• Pre-defined integrations and content

• Data marts for 12 line of business areas

Architecture

SSA Enterprise Analytics integrates IBM CognosDecisionStream with the SSAGlobal application console andintegrations to extract, transform, and load transactional datainto a series of data marts. SSA Business Intelligence providesthe capabilities to report, analyze, monitor, and notify from thedata marts and directly through SSAGlobal enterpriseapplications.

The solution is available for the following line of business andindustry areas:

• Sales

• Accounts receivable, general ledger, accounts payable

• Inventory, procurement, production

• Asset management

• Warehouse

• Human capital

• Project manufacturing

• Service

• Daily analysis (hotel and hospitality)

SSA Enterprise Analytics

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Supply Chain Performance Accelerator allows yourorganization to implement effective supply chain planning,monitoring, and execution to optimize supply chainperformance across your extended enterprise.

IBM Cognos business intelligence and scorecards let youdefine measures, monitor performance, and analyze andcorrect supply chain issues at the source. Deloitte providesexpertise in supply chain planning and execution, allowing youto tune your supply chain for optimal customer satisfaction.The solution helps you stay on top of current operations,respond effectively to issues and status changes, and meetfuture demand.

Benefits

• Identify usage and coverage trends, and reduceunnecessary carrying costs and inventory write-downs

• Identify strategic suppliers and optimize them acrossmaterials

• Eliminate production delays and disruptions

• Monitor performance throughout the DMAIC process

Features

• Define key measures to keep the supply plan on-track

• Monitor key indicators, such as reliability and priceperformance, across multiple locations and suppliers

• Display reports for plant or process operations; drill downinto key metrics such as procurement, scrap rates, andquality

• Leverage information from routings, production schedules,and plant capacity to see upcoming jobs and priorities

• Event monitoring keeps you informed of critical eventswhen they happen

Supply Chain Performance Accelerator

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This Blueprint facilitates periodic executive review ofperformance against plans. It links sales, marketing, supplychain, manufacturing, and finance, so that executives caneasily see the financial impact of evolving plans, spotvariances, and balance critical resources to reachperformance goals.

Key capabilities include:

• A structured process for integrating and summarizing thedetailed plan generated

• Summarization of calculated metrics, exception alerts,linkages to scorecards, and reports to measure financialand customer service performance (plan vs. actual)

•What-if modeling—allows managers to performmultidimensional and multi-scenario analysis to test theimpact of changes in demand, supply chain capabilitiesand constraints, and to see the associated financialimpact of those changes —capturing assumptions as wellas annotations

• Strategic financial management—ensuring organizationalobjectives for sales, profitability, balance sheet, and cashflow are met

• Integrated workflow to manage and consolidate plans

• A visual scorecard to display the status of the planningprocess, so that appropriate actions can be taken tocomplete it

• Alerts so that approved plans are communicated tostakeholders, ensuring they are aware of initiatives that willimpact S&OP.

Sales & Operations Performance Portal

Logging into the Sales & Operations Performance Portal offersusers multiple views into demand and supply metrics andlinks to dashboards and reports. In this example, we see awatch list of supply chain metrics in the upper right, CapacityExceptions reports in the bottom right, and links to supportingS&OP content on the bottom left. There are also event alertson the upper right.


Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)Executive Review Workbench Performance Blueprints



Production planning is often the primary focus of amanufacturer’s profit-and-loss statement. Forward lookingcollaboration must occur so that sales demand can beprofitably supported by production capacity. This Blueprintallows manufacturers to deploy demand planning to theappropriate level in the field sales organization (salesmanagers, manufacturers’ representatives, salespersons, orexternally to customers) to plan anticipated demand for aregion or selected channel. An easily updated model givesplant managers and production planners thecapability to manage production and meetanticipated demand levels. In this model, weassume that production will align with geographicdemand.

Sales and Operations Planning Dashboard:Snapshot

After Cognos Information Portal sign-on, the first screendisplayed is a dashboard, which provides significantinformation including a graphical representation of actual andforecast sales demand for the current month, a “heat map”providing immediate alerts to operational constraints onproduction facilities and key reports as well as links to

customer demand and operational planning models.Visit http://www.cognos.com/innovationcenter/blueprint.htmlfor complete information and all Performance Blueprintdownloads.

Sales and Operations Planning Performance Blueprints



With this Blueprint, manufacturers can evaluate promotionoptions based on financial impact, monitor promotion results,and analyze across promotions to optimize return on theirtrade promotion investments. The use of a single, integratedsolution ensures that all departments — such as sales,marketing, category management, and production—arealigned with one another. The Blueprint extends the planningprocess beyond finance to sales and marketingmanagement— the people at the corporate, regional, or districtlevel that are accountable for performance.

Historical Promotions Snapshot

Here the user is presented with the historic details of pastpromotions to enable better decision-making and serve astemplates for future promotions (i.e. the “repeat promotions”feature). All key metrics for a particular promotion can befound here, including the actual performance of the promotionin terms of sales and unit lift. Each promotion has a promotionID as its row label which is used to drive repeat promotions.


Trade Promotion Management Performance Blueprints



IBM will combine the strong Sales and Operations Planningperformance management capabilities of Cognos withextensive manufacturing industry expertise to deliver solutionsthat allow manufacturers to meet customer demand, maintainappropriate inventory levels, balance production with a focuson schedule achievement, and achieve financial goals.

Manufacturing Sales and Operations Planning



DecimalTechnologiesInc

Decimal Suite Activity BasedCosting

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI, CognosPlanning ,ReportNet,PowerPlay,Impromptu

DECIMAL offers a unique blend of technological solutionsand advisory services that help enhance organization’sfinancial performance.Our software solution relies onpowerful costing capabilities, therefore allows our client tobetter manage strategic cost management orientations,budget management and profitability optimization.

Annata HF Annata Analytics WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Annata Analytics is a pre-built performance managementsolution for all industries.

Deloitte &Touche LLP

ApplicationManagementServices (AMS)

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognosPlanning andConsoludation

Cognos Application Management Services providestailored solutions to help companies efficiently manageand operate their Cognos planning and businessintelligence solutions.

ARCS Solutions BPM Office Profitibilitymanagement


ARCS Solutions provides applications that allow yourcompany’s decision-makers to align their business decisionswith their strategies, or refine their strategies based on real-time data, enabling you to maximize profitability

BrightStarPartners, Inc.

CF ExpansionPack

ExcelExpansion

North AmericaIBM CognosFinance

The CF Expansion Pack simplifies many of the complexitiesassociated with creating, editing, andmaintaining financialreports. It reads and writes to the Cognos Finance system byleveraging the Cognos Finance Excel Add-In.

ConcurTechnologies

Concur Travel andExpense

Travel &Expense


Concur Travel and Expense automates the travelprocurement and expense reporting process.We alsooffer add on services like Cognos for reporting, ConcurAudit Service and Concur Vendor Payment.

Clarabridge,Inc.

ClarabridgeContent MiningPlatform

Text MiningWorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Clarabridge’s text mining software transforms text intoactionable insight to improve market research, customercare, product development, quality assurance and riskmanagement. Our CMP product enables unstructuredinformation to be analyzed alongside structuredinformation using Cognos 8 BI tools. CMP can bedelivered as either an on-site application or as a hosted“Software as a Service” solution.

Deltek Deltek BusinessPerformanceManagement(BPM)

Supply ChainNorth AmericaIBM CognosBI

Deltek delivers concise, accurate and timely information byenabling the three major areas of Business PerformanceManagement (BPM)—planning,monitoring and reporting. Bycreating a ’single version of the truth,’ information isstandardized making performance management obtainable.


Cross-Industry

Cognos, an IBM Company and its partners offer applications that are valuable to a number of industry segments. Applicable tomultiple vertical markets, these solutions can be implemented at almost any organization.

Our cross-industry solutions include:



RedwoodAnalytics

RedwoodBusinessIntelligence

North AmericaRedwood Business Intelligence is pre-populated,configurable business intelligence (BI) solution formanagers and finance staff.

Cortell ValuMax Activity BasedCosting

WorldwideIBM CognosTM1

ValuMax is a fast processing csting engine that can bedeployed in almost any industry. It is a multi-company,multi-branch solution and has can cost Resources,Activies and amulttude of Coss. It has a multi-level Bill-of-material as well asa Product Recipe component and provides views on fixedand variable costs as well as an unlimited number of costattibutes. It provides results to the COGNOSTM1multidimensional database where information can be slicedand diced across periods, activities, products, channels,etc.

Revelwood Dynamo!ApplicationReporting Toolkit

ApplicationAdd-on


Revelwood’s Dynamo! Application Reporting Toolkit is anadd-in for the Cognos TM1/Excel environment that lets TM1application managers develop rich, dynamic reports anddata entry templates for their end users without requiringextensive customization andVBAcoding. It also allows endusers to easily create and run sophisticated TM1reports thatoffer dynamic expansion, zero suppression, drill-down,intelligent formatting and many other capabilities through acomprehensive, easy-to-use point and click interface.

MorganBenjamin

MB Context ReportSharing andAnnotating


MB Context enables Cognos users to share knowledgethrough inputting comments to Cognos reports online and inreal-time. Required actions can be requested, completedactions flagged, and hierarchical data groups relevant toeach individual user created.This additional, user-defined,interactive information is stored in the database to form acritical element of the business intelligence cycle

NoetixCorporation

Noetix Generatorfor Cognos

Data-OracleNorth America,Australia,Europe, LatinAmerica

IBM Cognos 8BI

The combination of NoetixViews for Oracle E-BusinessSuite and Noetix Generator for Cognos tightly linksCognos reporting tools with the operational informationfound within the Oracle E-Business Suite. NoetixViewsquickly bridges the information gap between the technicalcomplexities of an Oracle database and the ease-of-userequirements for Cognos users.With Noetix Generator forCognos BI, Noetix automatically sets up and populatesthe Cognos BI environment, providing Cognosadministrators with the ideal solution to eliminate the effortand maintenance required for delivering true “userfriendly” Oracle reporting to Cognos users.

Onyx Software Onyx Analytics 3.0 WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

Onyx Analytics 3.0 is a performance management andbusiness intelligence offering for large and medium-sizedenterprises.


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Vaultus MobileTechnologies

Vaultus MobileApplicationPlatform

MobileWorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI

The Vaultus Mobile Application Platform is a mobilemiddleware solution that lets users receive and navigateCognos dashboards, forecasts, and reports remotelyusing a hand-held device.

ParametricTechnologiesCorporation(PTC)

Windchill ContentManagement

WorldwideWindchill is a sophisticated, Internet-based contentmanagement system that specializes in the managementof complex data and relationships, processes andpublications.

IBM Cognos IBM CognosPerformanceApplications

PerformanceApplications

WorldwideReady-built reports, analysis, and metrics for key businessfunctions and rapid ROI. There are three IBM CognosPerformance Applications (Customer Analytics, FinancialAnalytics and Supply Chain Analytics) and seven modules(Sales, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, AccountsPayable, Inventory, Procurement, Production)




Annata Analytics is a pre-built performance managementsolution for IBM Cognos Series 7 and IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence. It works on the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERPplatform to deliver in-depth information. The solution leveragesAnnata´s experience and expertise in implementing andservicing Dynamics AX for companies in diverse lines ofbusiness.

The solution focuses on finance (G/L, accounts receivable),and trade and logistics (sales, customer profitability analysis,inventory). The Finance KPI module provides analysis of bothP/L and actual versus budgets. Month-end balances for thebalance sheet are available through pre-built summationtables. 20 standard KPIs answer business questions onprofitability, business process efficiency, leverage, and liquidityon demand.A flexible framework also enables thedevelopment of further company-specific metrics.

The Trade and Logistics modules give users insight intoproduct and customer profitability, answering questions suchas: Who are our most profitable customers?What are our best-selling products? Sales KPI and Customer KPI modulesprovide a flexible framework for performing in-depth, multi-level margin analysis on products and customers. TheInventory KPI module helps your company improve inventoryhandling. It enables historical trend analysis in inventory levels,and shows current inventory levels and key metrics such asinventory turnover and days in inventory by product andwarehouse.

Benefits

• Easy and rapid implementationof pre-built models

• Adapts easily to differentbusiness environments

• Provides an add-on solution tothe Dynamics AX ERP systemwithout major modifications

• Provides ready-to-use datamarts that can be leveraged forfurther analysis and reporting

Features

• Pre-built models and reports provide a 70 percent “out-ofthe box” solution

• Enables handling of sales campaigns, special periods,and ABC analysis of customers and products

• Pre-built KPIs monitor company-wide performance

• Pre-built summation tables deliver balances for balancesheet, historical inventory levels, and historical accountsreceivable levels to deliver strong trend analysiscapabilities

• Contains a flexible, user-friendly framework in DynamicsAX for multiple financial statements to cater to differentreporting needs

• Contains flexible management of date intervals to supportdifferent fiscal reporting periods

Architecture

The Annata Analytics solution for IBM Cognos 8 BI is based onthe Cognos Framework Manager modeling software, where amodel is created for each module. Table joins are defined inFramework Manager. A business presentation layer is created,which contains a dimensional model.

Users access the dimensional model through the Cognosconnection portal for analysis or query, depending on the levelof analysis required. Or the model can be used with Cognos

reporting to create high qualityreports. From Framework Manager,.iqd files can also be exported asquery definition files and loaded intopre-built PowerPlay Transformermodels to create PowerCubes.

The following components areincluded in each module:

• Financial KPI

• Sales KPI

• Customer KPI

• Inventory KPI

Annata Analytics



Cognos Application Management Services provides tailoredsolutions to help companies efficiently manage and operatetheir Cognos planning and business intelligence solutions.

Get the most from your Cognos system – Deloitte and Cognosoffer a comprehensive set of services to meet our client’ssupport needs. Our flexible and configurable support modelallows companies to choose only those services requiredwithin their unique support needs.We understand thatbusiness requirements can change dramatically over time andhave designed our services and business model toaccommodate these changes.

Benefits

• Maintain a known fixed cost for platform support

• Adjust to peaks and valleys in resource demand; turningotherwise fixed costs into variable costs

• Capitalize on dedicated and Cognos experiencedresources and economies of scale

• Realize your Performance Management Vision

Features

• Platform support – Provides support services based onservice level requirements for Cognos Planning and BI

• Planning cycle preparation – Frees internal resources fromthe routine task of priming the models so they can focuson higher-value activities

• Optimization – Provides a framework for enhancements tothe existing footprint, plus infrastructure planning andoptimization

• Solution roadmap – This service helps bridge the gapbetween your current state and future performancemanagement vision

Application Management Services (AMS)

Architecture



ARCS Solutions provides applications that allow yourcompany’s decision-makers to align their business decisionswith their strategies, or refine their strategies based on real-time data, enabling you to maximize profitability.

BPM Office utilizes the IBM Cognos TM1 in-memory engine inconjunction with the TM1 toolset to create an enterprise-wideperformance management solution. The BPM Officeframework models finance, sales, inventory, production,material requirements, product cost, and distribution planningand reporting in a closed loop solution.

The Trade Spending module within the BPM Office allowscompanies to analyze, manage, and report customer andproduct funding dollars against budgets and forecasts to driveperformance.

Benefits

• Control discretionary trade spending dollars by assigningspecific customer and product funding rates to ensurepromotional funds are utilized as planned.

• Customer and Product P&Ls from Gross Sales to EBITDA.

• Create multi-level allocations for actual, budget, andforecasted trade spending based on flexible allocationmethodologies.

• Track and manage approved trade funding against actualspending.

• Create account plans by customer, distributor, territory, andretail store level.

• Budget and forecast by customer, territory, product,category, and brand.

• Track detailed and consolidated sales data across alldimension hierarchies in real time.

• Perform complex accrual calculations.

Features

• Self service web-based analytics.

• Guided budgeting and forecasting.

• What-if capabilities in real time.

• Capability to drill through customer data into order entryand billing transactions.

• Driver-based planning to predict future businessperformance.

Architecture

BPM Office leverages IBM Cognos TM1products, includingTM1Server, TM1Perspectives, TM1Web, Planning Manager,and Executive Viewer. The framework utilizes the TM1TurboIntegrator ETL tool to integrate disparate data sources into thesystem models.

Web-based reporting and analysis is provided via ExecutiveViewer and TM1Web.

BPM Office



CF Expansion Pack

IBM Cognos Finance allows finance professionals to build anddeploy financial reporting, budgeting, allocation, andconsolidation applications in an all-in-one financial analyticsplatform.With the input and reporting modules, users caneasily design multidimensional, highly formatted andcustomized financial reports.

The CF Expansion Pack takes these capabilities into an Excelenvironment, reading and writing to the Cognos Financesystem by leveraging the IBM Cognos Finance Excel Add-In.

The CF Expansion Pack simplifies many of the complexitiesassociated with creating, editing, and maintaining financialreports. As an extension to IBM Cognos Finance, the CFExpansion Pack provides functionality that automates many ofthe manual processes associated with report developmentand maintenance. This includes creating, editing, importing,scheduling, enhancing, and maintaining financial reportswithin Excel.

Benefits

The CF Expansion Pack dramatically enhances the existing CFExcel Add-In by enabling users to quickly generate dynamicand highly formatted financial reports without having to learncomplex CF for Excel functions.

Features

• Direct import of existing CF input and report templates(LIF, LIFX, LRF, LRFX) into MS Excel, leveraging native CFfunctions to retrieve, view, and update data

• Create sophisticated reporting and input forms using areport wizard directly within Excel

• Advanced drill functionality within Excel to match thefunctionality in CF reporting and input modules

• Metadata list generation, which complements the reportwizard and enables you to create drop-down lists of thevarious components for dynamic reporting

• Workbook Update Scheduler eases the creation ofWindows scheduled tasks to open any Excel workbookand update the results from a specified CF system

• Error checking within Functions inside an Excel workbookidentifies all CF functions that are in error.

Architecture

The CF Expansion Pack works with the IBM Cognos FinanceExcel Add-In, leveraging the SDK/API. The solution requiresExcel XP or higher.



Clarabridge Content Mining Platform

Clarabridge’s Content Mining Platform transforms text intoactionable insight to improve our customers’ market research,customer care, product development, quality assurance, andrisk management.

Clarabridge’s award-winning software links the worlds of textmining, search, and business intelligence (BI) to enableenterprises to more quickly and intuitively leverage all of theirdata and make better business decisions.

Benefits

• Allow users to access more and better information to basetheir decisions upon.

• Allow users to uncover hidden trends and relationships intheir data.

• Extend the analytical capabilities of the unstructured data.

• Spend more time analyzing and less time retrieving datafrom the unstructured sources.

• Maximize the return on your investments in businessintelligence and training without deploying new tools.

• Source the data from a wide variety of systemsautomatically.

• Integrate the best-of-breed tools without re-inventing thewheel.

• Realize a rapid time-to-value.

Features

• Natural language processing

• Entity/fact and relationship extraction

• Automated categorization

• Clustering

• Sentiment extraction

• Source connectors to various data sources

Architecture

Clarabridge Content Mining Platform (CMP) leverages IBMCognos 8 BI and provides its customers with

• A pre-built Framework Manager model for the ClarabridgeCMP.

• A pre-built DMR including aggregate tables, indexes, andtime dimension.

• Pre-built interactive Cognos dashboards and reports.

• Drill-through that allows users to navigate directly from thedashboards and the reports to the detail level data.

• Ability to easily add powerful new reports.



Concur Travel and Expense

Concur Reporting is an advanced reporting and analysissolution offered exclusively by Concur as an on-demandservice. Integrated directly within Concur Travel and Expense,Concur Reporting enables users to rapidly access theirorganization’s travel and expense data to create detailedreports and dashboards based on their unique needs.

• Concur Reporting provides quick, easy, and completevisibility into an organization’s travel and expense data. Itprovides Finance,Accounting, Travel Management, andExecutive Leadership with the information they need tomanage their T&E policy and control spend. This web-based reporting solution is built from the ground up todeliver comprehensive report creation and analysis.

Benefits

• Drag-and-drop ad-hoc query and report creation make iteasy for any business user to create reports and conductanalysis from the data

• With integrated travel and expense reporting, users gain a360-degree view into all T&E related spend

• By understanding where T&E spend is occurring andidentifying spend that’s out of compliance with T&E policy,managers can identify areas to reduce spending andbetter control costs

• With increased visibility into T&E spending, managers cannegotiate contracts with T&E suppliers

• Managers can quickly identify spend that is out ofcompliance with T&E policy and change employeebehavior— even before spend occurs

• With advanced reporting, you identify which travelersaren’t using your online booking tool to book their travel.By changing the behavior of employees, you can increasethe adoption rate of your online booking tool, drivingincreased policy compliance and utilization of preferredsuppliers

Features

Concur Reporting gives even casual users the ability to createreports and queries against expense reimbursement andvendor payment transactions within Concur Travel and

Expense. It includes month-end accruals, company creditcard reconciliation, vendor management, travel spendmanagement, and attendee spend tracking, and expenseauditing and fraud detection. The company defines thereporting hierarchy, and each user is granted access to one,many, or all levels of the hierarchy to maintain security over thedata.

The unique “presentation layer”makes navigation of the datamore meaningful, allowing users to easily and quickly create thequeries and reports they need.The presentation layer shieldsthe user from the complexities of the underlying database. Itpresents pre-defined relationships and joins in plain and simpleterms,making it quick and easy for all users to create, run,validate, and modify their reports.With Concur Reporting, querieswhich once took days to produce can be performed in a fractionof the time, often within a matter of minutes.

• Single sign-on capability from within Concur Travel andExpense.Credentials are authenticated and users aregranted appropriate access and data rights.

• The integrated security model is directly integrated with thereporting hierarchy in Travel and Expense.

• Integrated data model maps the Concur Data Modelavailable in Cognos to the underlying Concur Reportingdatabase (data warehouse). Data is refreshed on ascheduled 24-hour basis.

• Powerful report distribution capability for publishing anddistributing reports in the client organization.

Architecture

Concur Reporting, ensures customers never have to worry aboutthe architecture of the implementation.A link from the ConcurCentral homepage directly signs users into Concur Reportingwhere they can create and run reports and queries against theirT&E transaction data.

Within Concur Travel and Expense, the employee administratorcan assign users to Cognos professional, business author, orconsumer roles to allow appropriate access.With each role, theadministrator can assign the user to view specific segments ofyour company data based on the reporting hierarchy.



Decimal Suite

Decimal offers a unique blend of technological solutions andadvisory services that can help enhance an organization’sfinancial performance. Our solutions enable strategicdecision-making throughout any type of organization.

Our software solution relies on powerful costing capabilities.This allows our clients to better manage strategic costmanagement orientations, budget management, andprofitability optimization. Implementing the Decimal Suiterepresents a first step towards better corporate and financialperformance management.

Benefits

• Gain a clear understanding of product unit cost

• Do complex scenarios and see how the financial andoperational side (capacity analysis) of the organization willbehave

• Gain precise profit analysis for products and customers,channels, sites, plant, and region.

• Activity-based costing design

• All integrated to a budgeting and planning module

• Labor analysis module and integrated bill of materials

• Gain a better understanding of how to improve profitabilityor how to efficiently reduce costs

Features

• Ability to track labor force from origin to where it ends atthe product or service level

• Integrated cost management using the Pull and Push ABCmethod that determines cost behavior

• Cost modeling functionalities using the Push method thatexplores cost behavior through scenarios

• Allows reciprocal allocations for a more precise model

• Identification of costs associated with second qualityproducts, derivatives, and related products

• Capacity analysis of each activity based on the theory ofconstraints

• Ability to identify actual or potential bottlenecks (accordingto given scenarios)

• Dynamic process diagram enables users to visualize andunderstand business process interaction based on theconstraints theory

• Connects cost models for specific plants, departments orsub-sectors to a centralized corporate model, allowingusers to make comparisons between subsidiaries

• Simulation capabilities allow users to create scenarios tosee how their decisions will impact product cost, capacity,and profitability and preview the impact of their strategicdecisions

• Predicts the impact on new investment on their capacityand profitability

Architecture

The Decimal Suite is on an Oracle database. The application isfully available on theWeb.We have currently built the metadatathat enables the user to connect to our database withouthaving to manage the Cognos Admin or Framework Manager.

Most of our tables are created in a complex folder to enablethe merging of different data into a single folder. This ensuresthe validity of the data and simplifies the use of the data for theuser.



Business Performance Management (BPM) is a process thatenables organizations to strengthen the alignment of strategicgoals with day-to-day operations using key performanceindicators (KPIs) across business functions. BPM, also referredto as Corporate Performance Management (CPM), streamlinesorganizations information to facilitate effective and focuseddecision-making. BPM creates a “single version of the truth” bystandardizing how information is collected and presented.

Many companies have several different versions of the samemetrics, data can be contained in multiple sources includingspreadsheets and other informal systems. By enforcing the“single version of the truth,” BPM creates a unified source fordata and common metrics for tracking performance andimproved planning.Accurately measuring projectperformance and surrounding metrics is extremely important.Maximizing measures such as staff utilization and individualproject performance are key drivers of bottom line results.

Benefits

Business scorecarding:

• Using this framework, companies are able to monitor KPIsfor business activity and subsequently analyze keymetrics, such as financial information, customersatisfaction and operational effectiveness

• All levels of business, from executives to knowledgeworkers, can translate business strategy into specific,discernable, day-to-day tasks, essentially linking strategyto action

• By linking core functions of the management cycle -planning, monitoring, and reporting - a closed-loop,coordinated approach to managing performance isenabled

Planning and Budgeting Process:

• By using automation of planning and budgeting processto incorporate key business drivers/targets and goalsetting, business plans are less static and can respond tochanging environments

• Best practice is to plan continuously beyond an annualbudget - significant focus is placed on evaluating historicalinformation, while looking to the future - changes madenow can have an impact

• Flexibility enables organizations to be responsive tochange, making plans accurate and effective

Resource planning:

• By incorporating an effective project labor forecastingprocess and tracking key metrics, staffing needs can beanticipated and the right staff hired at the right time

• Proper resource planning has impact on projectperformance which increases client satisfaction

Government contractors:

• Forecasting of indirect rates for forward pricing requiresthe forecasting of direct costs for both prospective andactual projects as well as indirect expenses

Features

• Users gain benefit through integration with Deltekproducts as well as standard offerings of pre-built reports,cubes, planning models, and more

• Product integration is maintained through all upgrades ofCognos and Deltek products

• Information gleaned through standard reports in ananalytical environment gives end users more flexibility indetermining how, what and when information is delivered

• Dashboards allow “real time” performance trackingfocused on KPIs and alert notifications

• Business scorecards incorporate monitoring andsummarizing goals and metrics for executives to track thedata vital to running their organizations

• Measurement of the right metrics, which derive value willresult in accurate calculations and visibility into what is andis not truly succeeding and why

Architecture

The major components of the standard bundle are:

• Planning and Budgeting – Enterprise Planner providespower and flexibility for planning across the enterprise

• Reporting – Impromptu® and ReportNet™ deliver managedreporting via theWeb

• Analysis – PowerPlay® discovers the factors drivingbusiness performance through data analysis

• Scorecarding – Metrics Manager creates, manages anddelivers your key performance indicators

• Datamarts – Provides a foundation for BPM tools by usingcentralized data retrieval and access

Deltek Performance Management (BPM)



Revelwood’s Dynamo! Application Reporting Toolkit is an add-in for the IBM Cognos TM1/Excel environment. It lets TM1application managers develop rich, dynamic reports and dataentry templates for end users without requiring extensivecustomization and VBA coding.

The solution also allows end users to create and runsophisticated TM1 reports that offer dynamic expansion, zerosuppression, drill-down, intelligent formatting, and many othercapabilities through a comprehensive, easy-to-use point andclick interface.

Benefits

• Integrates seamlessly with IBM Cognos TM1 to fullyleverage features and capabilities.

• Reduces the time to develop and maintain TM1/Excelreports.

• Improves report integrity by eliminating the risk of missingor incorrect data.

• Provides interactive expansion and drill-down capability toallow users to navigate through their reports with greatease and flexibility.

• Decreases the custom VBA code needed to deploysophisticated TM1applications.

• Users don’t have to learn sophisticated formulas orcomplex MDX expressions to build their reports.

• Allows TM1application managers to produce completereport packages and distribute them to the enterprise withone click.

Features

• Generates dynamic rows and columns based on currentdimension hierarchies via an easy-to-use interface.

• Simplifies and controls end user selection of title elements(critical for most data entry applications) and strengthensthe integrity of application templates.

• Allows looping through dimensions to create completereport packages for printing, file saving, or automatedemail distribution.

• Allows users to stack an unlimited number of dimensionson both rows and columns.

• Offers an array of automated dimension display optionssuch as branch/level output, root and base-level elementcontrol, and attribute filtering.

• Provides level-based formatting intelligence to simplify thecreation of sophisticated report formatting.

• Zaps TM1 formulas from spreadsheets, allowing enterprisereport distribution to non-TM1users.

• Installs via an add-in just like TM1.XLA and integratesseamlessly into the Excel/TM1menus and toolbars.

Architecture

Dynamo! leverages the TM1Excel add-in to enrich the enduser and application developer experience in Excel. TheDynamo! menu is deployed as an extension to the TM1menufor enhanced TM1application functionality and seamlessintegration.

Dynamo! Application Reporting Toolkit



MB Context

MB Context provides an enhancement to the functionality ofIBM Cognos ReportNet and IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence.

MB Context allows BI users to insert data into a database viarendered reports. This means users can view the report outputon screen in HTML format and add text comments. Thereports are then saved to a nominated database along withthe name of the user that added data and the logged dateand time the comment is entered.

Comments and other data can be entered into reports, againstreport components and individual table rows. Users can addcomments via free text or select from drop-down lists definedby the MB Context administrator.

Benefits

• Enables users to add commentaries and data to reports.

• Provides an in-report discussion forum for consumers ofinformation.

• Securely saves data entered into a nominated centraldatabase.

• Allows users to create and maintain custom groupingsand hierarchies for use in reports.

• Enables electronic signatures to be stamped on reports.

• Allows user feedback on reports and report developernotes.

• Brings a new level of user interaction in reporting whilelowering the burden on IT.

• Streamlines the reporting process by enabling usercollaboration.

Features

• Inputting of single and multiple comments into Cognosreports.

• Line-item data entry into list reports.

• Trigger events using Cognos event management.

• Creation of user-defined custom hierarchies.

• Restrict access to comments using Cognos security.

• Central MB Context administration console.

Architecture

MB Context is a Java-powered utility that integratesseamlessly with your Cognos environment and utilizes thesame drivers as your Cognos installation. The data storageelement of MB Context is aligned to your systems, eitherwriting data back to your data warehouse or content store.Context functionality can be called in Cognos reports and canbe included into your Framework packages.



Noetix Generator for Cognos

Noetix Generator for IBM Cognos 8 BI simplifies andaccelerates the rollout of reporting to Cognos BI users.

Noetix Generator automatically populates the CognosFramework Manager model with NoetixViews for Oracle E-Business Suite. It then publishes this model as NoetixViewspackages into the Cognos, an IBM company, content store.

The result? Report authors and query users can quickly beginusing IBM Cognos 8 BI to develop their reports and queriesagainst configuration-specific views of their Oracle E-BusinessSuite application data.

NoetixViews quickly bridges the information gap between thetechnical complexities of an Oracle database and ease-of-userequirements of Cognos users. By generating business viewstailored automatically to an Oracle application’s uniqueconfiguration, NoetixViews provides quick, cost-effectiveaccess to operational data without extensive effort andexpense.

With Noetix Generator, Cognos administrators eliminate theeffort and maintenance required to deliver user-friendly Oraclereporting to Cognos users.

Benefits

• Simplifies access to data. Noetix deciphers the maze ofOracle tables for you, joins them properly, and performsthe necessary data transformations while simultaneouslyintroducing business terminology

• Protects custom reports and queries from applicationupgrades

• Administrators can automatically populate a model inFramework Manager that maps to data stored in theOracle E-Business Suite

• NoetixAnswers provides hundreds of out-of-the box,customizable reports for users to leverage in IBM Cognos8 BI

Features

Incorporating the NoetixViews metadata within the Oracledatabase, Noetix quickly generates a Cognos query subjectfor each business view, integrating security roles andpublishing Cognos packages automatically.

Cognos users can then access Oracle E-Business Suiteapplication data directly through Cognos reporting orscorecarding capabilities.

The solution provides models, reports, and metrics acrossdozens of Oracle E-Business Suite modules including:General Ledger, Payroll, Order Management, Bill of Materials,Inventory, Project Costing, Grants Proposals, and EnterpriseAsset Management.

Architecture

The solution architecture includes automatically generatedbusiness views in the Oracle E-Business Suite database,generated Cognos models, and reports.



Onyx provides a full-featured performance management andbusiness intelligence offering on a simple, common platform.Based on over a decade of experience in helping enterprisesunderstand and manage their customer-centric operations,Onyx Performance Management solutions enable mediumand large enterprises to better drive these operations andprocesses.

Benefits

Increase revenues:

• Improve customer acquisition and retention

• Retain the most profitable customers

• Increase win rates

Decrease costs:

• Optimize marketing, sales, and service operations

• Shorten cycle times

• Reduce development and maintenance costs

Increase accountability:

• Gain visibility into outcomes and effectiveness

• Improve governance and compliance

• Enforce internal policies and procedures

• Align functions and individuals with shared metrics

Features

Integrates with Onyx customer relationship management(CRM) and business process management (BPM) solutions:

• Embedded reporting content in key CRM screens

• Bi-directional drill-through between reports and CRMsystem

• Comprehensive reporting coverage with pre-built, user-driven marketing, sales, service, and support reportingtemplates

• Easy implementation – reports leverage domain data forfiltering, grouping, sorting, and more

• Integrated security – single sign-on and access control

Leverages IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence andperformance management capabilities:

• Rich dashboards

• Real-time analytics with deep comparative analysiscapabilities

• Balanced scorecards on key business performanceindicators

• Ad-hoc, self service reporting for business managers

• Proactive event management for metric-driven processes

Architecture

Onyx has completed its migration to leverage IBM Cognos 8BI. It includes:

• A pre-built Framework Manager model for the OnyxEnterprise Database

• Security adapter using Cognos SDK

• Pre-built Cognos reporting templates with prompt pages

• Report view or run windows (portlet) embedded into theCRM user interface

• Bi-directional drill-through that allows users to navigatedirectly from reports to individual records in the CRMsystem; or pass context variables to reports from CRM sothey are automatically filtered for content views within theCRM system

• Pre-built cubes for customer segmentation, marketingmanagement, sales management, service management,and support management

ONYX Analytics 3.0



Redwood Business Intelligence

Redwood Business Intelligence combines the powers ofanalysis and reporting to help managers and finance staffsidentify issues, isolate business drivers, solve problems, andimprove the bottom line. Our platform is more than a softwareshell that companies must populate themselves. The softwarehas built-in best practices content, derived from businessmodels that have been refined through the study of firmmanagement for over five years.

We configure the BI series for your business needs, so thatorganizations can focus on specific goals — such as improvingrealizations onWork In Progress (WIP) andAccounts Receivable(AR), or gaining better understanding of fee write-offs.Oursoftware allows your business to analyze impacts at the matterlevel and to use your billing and collections performance historyto accurately predict future realization rates.

Benefits

• Content: Combines the most sophisticated metrics,business rules, and analytics for the full breadth of analysisneeds. Specific content unavailable elsewhere includes:tracking work value to collections and back again,collection modeling by client, forward realization, andactual ages and speeds across all intersections of thebusiness. Also includes realization, utilization, pricing,speed, leverage, and other profitability drivers, as well asimport/export analysis by office and practice

• Cost/benefit: Creates actionable information to supportimprovements to billing and collection, intake, businessdevelopment, and other processes without cost overruns

• Accessible user interface: Translates complex financialmethodologies into understandable business terms. Theframework allows users without technical experience toreadily manipulate data and perform calculations

• Leverages analytic ability of finance professionals:Finance professionals can focus on interpreting analysisand implementing change instead of generating,aggregating, and managing internal reports

• Faster and more accurate reporting: Analytics are onlyuseful if they are accessible. Position the financedepartment to deliver actionable output within minutesinstead of weeks

• Implementation speed: The platform is designed to bebuilt and configured to go live within 45 days.

• Sophisticated analysis: Combining ease of use withanalytical sophistication, the platform does not limit usersto specific subsets of information, but allows them to drilldeep within the data warehouse to find answers withgreater detail

• Data integration: The data warehouse seamlesslyintegrates with common applications such as Elite andother billing systems,ADP and other payroll services,collections applications, as well as spreadsheets anddatabases. Provides the layers of data underneath thespreadsheets to back up assumptions and decisions

• Technology leadership: Utilizes Cognos to deliver thebusiness intelligence solution

• Configured capabilities: Configured to suit the specificneeds of each firm. Each multidimensional modeling cubeis created to analyze the variables most important to yourorganization

• Communicate with multiple audiences: Users frompractice group leaders to finance and marketing staff canaccess the platform.The software meets the needs andstyles of different audiences, and provides a smoothtransition from beginner to more sophisticated interfaces

Features

• Combines an extensive data warehouse with best-in-classcorporate performance management software

• Built with business needs in mind, the platform allowscustomization of the methodologies, data sources, andoutput to best fit firms’ unique requirements

• With a fresh understanding of the key drivers underlyingbusiness performance, management can make betterdecisions at both strategic and tactical levels

• Redwood’s team of analytic and development consultantsmaximize your investments by translating your needs intodeployed, process-changing, results-driven solutions

Architecture

The Redwood analytic platform leverages Cognos software.Cognos technology provides true OLAP functionality, whichallows users to “slice and dice” through their data with ease. Inaddition, the cubes can be separated from the datawarehouse, so they are portable and can be carried aroundon a laptop.



ValuMax

ValuMax is a fast processing Activity-Based Costing solutionthat can be deployed in a multi-company, multi-branchenvironment. It can calculate cost of resources and activities. Italso provides fixed, variable, and attribute cost views.

The solution delivers results into IBM Cognos TM1 formultidimensional analysis and cost modeling. It also produceseconomic value-added calculations, has a multi-level bill-of-material and product recipe structure, and can handlecomplex costing environments.

Benefits

• Processing cycle is much faster due to the mathematicalmethods used

• Easy to set up business structures and multi-companyenvironments

• Multidimensional analysis across periods, versions,product, channels, etc

• Can handle very complex or large organizations

• Import/export capabilities

• Costs are fully auditable and traceable

• Integrity of calculations and balancing with financialsystems

Features

• Resource costing module

• Process, activity, and costing

• Fixed/variable, attribute, and EVA costing

• Output to OLAP cubes and Excel

• Integrity and balancing routines

• Scaling of costs for different output levels

Architecture

ValuMax ABC outputs results into IBM Cognos TM1cubes formultidimensional analysis of costs by period, version, activity,product, channel, etc. It also uses TM1 for some cost modelingand manipulation and preparation of input data.



Vaultus Mobile Application Platform

With Vaultus, Mobile Workers can have instant access toCognos Performance Management Data on theBlackberry…even when away from wireless coverage.

The Vaultus Mobile Application Platform is a mobilemiddleware solution that lets users receive and navigateCognos dashboards, forecasts, and reports remotely using ahand-held device.

Benefits

• Access corporate performance management data fromany location

• Store all mobile data on one platform

• Instant access to Cognos Data on the Blackberry

• Quickly drill-down from division - region - district - dept

• View performance by day, week, month, quarter and year

• Compare sales performance vs. the “plan” & prior periods

• Automatic daily refresh of data

Features

• No Wireless Coverage Required to Run Application:– The “Dashboard” and all the Cognos data – reside on theBlackberry

• Mobile Workers can Store 50,000 Records on theBlackberry:– This is 100x more data than any other solution.

• Immediate Bi-Directional Updates:– Updates get automatically synchronized with Cognosapplications using push technology

• Application & Device Management:– Enables IT to control Blackberry and Application accessfrom a single console



Windchill is a sophisticated, Internet-based contentmanagement system designed for the management ofcomplex data and relationships, processes, and publications.It uses the industry-leading Cognos BI reporting framework toprovide real-time access to the information you need toanalyze and optimize your product development processes.

Benefits

• Improve decision-making and process efficiency. Thevisual representation of real-time information lets youquickly identify product or process-related problems andoptimize product development processes

• Improve report development productivity. The tightintegration betweenWindchill and Cognos, an IBMcompany, plus optional drag-and-drop report authoringtools, can significantly reduce the time and cost ofdeveloping reports

• Rapidly develop and distribute product and processinformation across the enterprise

• Easily visualize trends, patterns, and relationships withgraphical and drill-down KPI reports

Features

• Embedded IBM Cognos 8 BI software

• Integrated user interface allows you to access, view, andgenerate reports directly from withinWindchill

• Scalable to hundreds of thousands of users

• Publish reports in preferred formats: email, HTML, PDF,Microsoft Excel, CSV, and XML.

• Pre-built reports

• Drag-and-drop report authoring

• Point-and-click actions let non-IT users easily createreports

• Incorporate text, charts, and images within one report

• Use a variety of charts: cross-tabs, bar/3D bar,pie/doughnut, line, gauge, funnel, scatter, dot density,waterfall, and more

• Monitor report parameters against specified thresholds.Automatically notify users when a threshold has beencrossed, and escalate actions if the deviation continues

Windchill




Ready-built reports, analysis, and metrics for key businessfunctions and rapid ROI.

IBM Cognos Performance Applications improve yourperformance

• Create a single version of the truth – pre-built dataconnectors improve data integrity, quality, and accuracy.Create a single version of the truth enterprise-wide, quicklyand easily.

• Leverage best practices – data warehouse configures datato answer key questions based on best businesspractices. Get a complete view of your performance fromsummary through to detail, from any perspective, or acrossdepartments.

• Short time to results – rapid deployment gives youanswers to key questions in the shortest time. Pre-builtreports, analysis, and metrics provide quick wins andminimize impact on your infrastructure.

Product Highlights

• The reports, plans, and metrics that come with eachmodule address your most important business questions,based on expert guidance from customers and otherbusiness and industry experts.

• Modules and their reports are interconnected, allowingyou to investigate an issue in customer processes and linkinto your supply chain or financials as necessary.

• You can easily customize any of the pre-built reports andmetrics in an application to suit your precise businessrequirements.

• You can pick one application and easily add another, orintegrate the application with the other Cognos products.

• The software simplifies installation, configuration, loadingdata, and ongoing maintenance.

• The product architecture is ready to support any sizedeployment to large numbers of users.

There are three IBM Cognos Performance Applications andseven modules:

Application Name Modules

Customer Analytics SalesAccounts Receivable

Financial Analytics Accounts ReceivableGeneral LedgerAccounts Payable

Supply Chain Analytics Accounts PayableInventoryProcurementProduction

IBM Cognos Performance Applications



IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

BMB Fuel Aviation FuelDecision Support(AFDS)

Transportation- Aviation

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI, IBMCognos 8Planning,PowerPlay

AFDS is a complete fuel decision support solution thatprovides tailored, flexible information to anyone in theairline industry. Solution users include flight operations,dispatch, pilots, fleet management, station management,fuel management, performance engineering,procurement, and finance.

Tech ResultsInc.

WAGER GamingNorth AmericaIBM CognosPlanning, IBMCognosReportNet,IBM CognosPowerPlay

WAGER™ helps you take all the information you haveabout your business — often stored in half a dozensystems or more—and delivers it in useful, powerful waysthat your management can use to improve revenues andperformance across your enterprise.

InnovationCenter

Upstream Oil andGas PerformanceBlueprint

Oil and GasWorldwideThis Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, and reporting—that allows the upstream oil and gas sector to planproduction, revenue, expenses, and capital expendituresat the well, field, or area level.


Bullhorn Inc. Bullhorn 360 Staffing andRecruiting

North America,Australia,Europe, PacificRim

IBM Cognos 8BI

Bullhorn 360 features intuitive and easy-to-use OnDemandreporting products and services that enable Bullhorncustomers of any size to create highly flexible and visualreports for visibility and insight into themetrics that drive thedaily operation of their firm and the information that producesa sustainable competive advantage.

Other

Cognos partners have developed solutions to drive higher performance for a select number of customers in niche industriesbeyond our core vertical markets.

Solutions for these niche markets include:



Aviation Fuel Decision Support (AFDS)

Many airlines know they can realize anywhere from 3 to 15percent of additional savings through fuel conservation.However, the key challenge is to be able to measure and trackwhere these savings come from.Aviation Fuel DecisionSupport (AFDS) is the solution that can turn hypotheticalsavings targets into reality.

AFDS is unique in being able to address all aspects of aviationfuel management decision support:

• Operational efficiencies and conservation:Multidimensional performance analysis by sector, origin,destination, aircraft, captain, and dispatcher to managesophisticated fuel conservation programs embracing flightoperations, planning, dispatch, engineering, andmaintenance

• Supply: Strategic sourcing, procurement, price riskmanagement, payables reconciliation, and qualityassurance

• Environment: Pollution reporting and tracking by aircraftfleet, type, tail number, engine type, sector, region, andmore

Benefits

AFDS is a complete fuel decision support solution thatprovides tailored, flexible information to anyone in the airlineindustry. Solution users include flight operations, dispatch,pilots, fleet management, station management, fuelmanagement, performance engineering, procurement, andfinance.

AFDS allows airlines to measure, track, and optimizeefficiencies in all areas including:

• Zero fuel weight management

• Captain / pilot performance and technique

• Sector fuel optimization

• Delay reduction (origins, destinations, and alternates)

• Weight reduction

• APU use reduction

• Dispatch performance

• Aircraft fuel burn performance

Features

AFDS includes portals, RS-generated dashboards, a library ofcube views (conservation, procurement, financials, time-performance, and emissions), scorecards, query studio, andad hoc reporting.

Dozens of pre-designed reports are also provided (flights,sectors, A/C type, captain, disptacher, origin, destination, costof weight, on-time performance, zero fuel weight)

Architecture

AFDS relies on an automated transfer of data from airlinesource systems (such as ACARS, FMS, and ERP) into theindustry standard AFDS BI-ready data model. Cognosprovides the airline employee interaction layer.

Since AFDS can accommodate large volumes of data at thelowest level of detail, it enables powerful time trend analysesagainst a wide range of dimensions and measures.



For gaming,WAGER is first in customer performancemanagement.

Tech Results is a leading custom software and system solutionprovider specializing in gaming and hospitality. It wasestablished in 1998 and quickly became a preferred providerfor many gaming and banking companies.

WAGER™ helps casinos take all the information they haveabout their business — often stored in half a dozen systems ormore—and delivers it in useful, powerful ways that yourmanagement can use to improve revenues and performanceacross your enterprise. The most complex enterprises canbenefit at every level — from managers, to directors, to vicepresidents and more—with powerful automation, detail reports,analytics, and dashboards and scorecards.

Benefits

Know your business better than ever before

• Increase ROI

• Get knowledge to give you leverage– Knowledge drives revenue and income, and lowersexpenses

• Improve revenues and performance across the enterprise

• Monitor trends

• Accelerate reaction times

• Gain real-time performance insights

Features

WAGER is the first reliable, comprehensive customerintelligence product on the market

• Advanced property-wide information abilities

• Accurate and reliable forecasting tools

• Multi-level management accessibility

• Easy-to-use tools to create accelerated reaction times

• Automated daily flash reporting

• Dashboard and scorecards for immediate performanceanalysis

Core warehousing solution as well as pre-extracted data martsto attack specific industry challenges

• Hundreds of pre-built reports providing detailed reportsand analytics

• Dozens of pre-built cubes

• Dozens of data models

• Hundreds of independent metrics and the KPIs to go withthem

Architecture

Tech Results and Cognos deliver enterprise class functionality,with a unified user environment and broad-based informationdelivery for gaming, with theWAGER Enterprise DataManagement solution.

Tech Results is the only independent Cognos SolutionProvider in Nevada and the only Cognos Solution Provider thatspecializes in gaming. Tech Results provides premier systemintegration and consulting services for Cognosimplementations. Tech Results will leverage the power of theCognos presentation layer to provide you with a customsolution that meets your data warehousing and businessintelligence needs.

WAGER



With Bullhorn360 staffing and recruiting managers and C-levelexecutives gain easy On Demand access to strategicinformation, creating a competitive advantage, which drives afirm’s performance. Bullhorn360 provides 360 degree visibilityinto your business. Staffing and recruiting users can utilizebusiness intelligence to analyze financial and non-financialdata, find trends, and analyze data over year, quarter, month,day of the week, and even down to the hour.

By providing business intelligence capabilities to firms rangingfrom emerging-sized to enterprises, spanning multipledivisions, Bullhorn360 offers complete visibility into sales,placement rates and profitability metrics that further drives thecompetitive advantage of Bullhorn customers.

Bullhorn360 provides 360° visibility into the organization.Managers and executives have access to measurement toolsthat can predict the success of sales and sourcingcampaigns, quickly spot aberrations in the placementprocess, measure productivity, and gauge profitability.

Decision makers are able to get ahead of the curve andupdate business practices or sales efforts to avoid potentialissues and maximize profits. Owners and managers gain theability to discover and predict the performance of thebusiness, thus providing immediate ROI.

Benefits

• 360° visibility into your business.

• Allows everyone from recruiting and sales staff to C-levelexecutives to utilize various data within their firm to easilycreate reports which allow them to discover and predictthe performance of the business.

• Gain access to virtually every piece of data used by thecompany to measure performance, including jobs,placements, candidates, clients, contacts, internal usersubmission rates, categories, specialties, skills,certification, education, interviews, timecards, invoices,rate cards, and more.

• Measure performance with summarized data for the entirecompany or drill into further detail by department, usertype, and even to the individual user level for eachrecruiter, sales person, or job owner.

Features

Through the Bullhorn UI, users have access to run or author(create/delete/edit) reports using Query Studio and/or ReportStudio. Report authors and Admin level users may alsoorganize and share reports.

• Users with access to Biz Author are able to usefunctionality provided in Query Studio.

• Users with access to Pro Author are able to usefunctionality provided in Report Studio.

All report authors can create reports using all or a sub-set ofpackages. Each package contains folders and items related toa specific area of interest within the staffing and recruitingindustry.

The following is a list of currently available packages (subjectto change): Activity, Candidate Analysis, Client/Client ContactAnalysis, Job Analysis, Placement Analysis, Notes Analysis,and Task Analysis. Report authors can generate reportsmeasuring performance or any activity related to any internaluser within the area being reported.

Architecture

Bullhorn360 integrates with Query Studio and Report Studio,directly through Bullhorn, our Software-as-a-Serviceapplication, via a combination of the IBM Cognos SDK andWeb services.

Availability

For more details, visit our website: www.bullhorn.com.

Bullhorn360



This Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, and reporting— thatallows the upstream oil and gas sector to plan production,revenue, expenses, and capital expenditures at the well, field,or area level.


• Access various systems of record to obtain both projectedand historical volumes, as well as financial data needed asa starting point for the budget or forecast process

• Identify operating expense and production variances,trends, anomalies, and opportunities, and model the effectof drivers against various scenarios

• Structure data and reporting to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance initiatives

• Integrate operational and financial planning in real time forimmediate insight into resource requirements and futureconsolidated business results for various scenarios

• Understand the impact of increased or decreasedproduction volumes on cash flow, distributions, andfinancial statements

• Conduct what-if modeling that allows managers to analyzethe impact of changes in operating costs, exchange rates,commodity prices, and the effects of other scenarios

• Engage in break-back distribution of production, revenue,and expense targets across fields and areas

• Forecast field expenses at gross and net levels

• Manage royalties and provide insight into the impact ofroyalty rates on profitability

• Integrate workflow to manage and consolidate plans witha visual scorecard, so that the status of the planningprocess can be easily determined and actions can betaken to complete the planning process

• Streamline reconciliation with company-wide strategicfinancial plans, managing consistency between top-downand bottom-up plans

• Summarize calculated metrics and link them toscorecards and reports to measure financial performanceat any level of the organizational hierarchy of planscompared to actual or budget values.

Dashboard Snapshot

The screenshot shows a dashboard with the charts relevant toa decision-maker. From this dashboard, the manager canaccess the full range of relevant reports, analyses, and plans.All the charts provide the capability of drilling through to moredetailed analyses, and include up-to-date information fromsource systems. Dashboards are customized to the differentroles and responsibilities found within an oil and gas company,and show the relevant information for each stakeholder.


IBM Cognos Upstream Oil and GasPerformance Blueprint



Cognos and its partners deliver solutions that drive higher performance for IT departments. Targeted at CIOs and staffimplementing technology solutions, the following solutions deliver value beyond simple core applications by reducing customercosts and lightening resource requirements.

Information Technology

NewCompSolutions Inc

Concurrent UserStress Simulatorfor Cognos 8

Stress TestingNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

A Java application with graphical interface whichsimulates usage of Cognos 8 environment. It createsmultiple parallel processes on a singleWindowsmachine -each independently connecting to Cognos 8 potentially withit’s own credentials. It then executes a specified list of tasksby each of the parallel process in random order. It alsoproduces detailed log files and executed tasks outputs

AppfluentTechnology

Appfluent ProductSuite

North America,Europe

IBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet

Provides comprehensive BI/ DataWarehousing workloadanalysis and correlated insight into user activity, applications,and database usage,without disrupting production systems.

Atos Origin Atos OriginCognosDocumentationService

ApplicationDocumentation

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI, ReportNet,PowerPlay

Atos Origin provides a service, called the Atos OriginCognos Document Service, to deliver a set of documentsthat reflect the Cognos environment at the customer’s site.These documents will contain all the information that isneeded to rebuild, redesign or audit each individualreport, cube, framework etc, and can be used formaintenance purposes or to educate new employees.

i-COsoft BI IT PerformanceManagement Suite

Europei-COsoft BI IT Performance Management Suite is an ITperformance management solution for CIOs of largeorganizations.

BreakwayTechnologies

Business ProcessService’s ArchiveToolkit for TM1

ApplicationArchive


The Archive Toolkit for TM1allows for backup andrestoration of complete single or multiple-cubeapplications. Archive files can be restored to the sameTM1 instance or a different one.


Business ProcessServices UsageMonitoring forCognos TM1

UsageMonitoring


Breakaway Technologies’ Usage Monitoring for CognosTM1provides Administrators clear visibility of who is usingthe tool and when it’s being used most often. UsageMonitoring captures user access to TM1and stores thehistory of usage through core TM1objects and a series ofExcel reports. Usage activity can then be trended overvarious grains of time (hours, days, or months).

GenwareComputerSystems Inc.

Genware AuditProcessor™

Usage AuditorNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

Genware Audit Processor is anadministration and auditingprocessor that brings application usage information toCognos solutions.


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SOLUTIONS LINE OF BUSINESS

Lantares PowerSecureSingle SignOn

ApplicationSecurity

Europe,Worldwide

IBM Cognos 8BI, IBM CognosPlanning andController, IBMCognosPerformanceApplications

PowerSecure SSO is a Single SignOn solution thatintegrates the login for all Cognos applications as well asfor other apps (SAP, Lotus Notes, IBM PersonalCommunications, ...). At the same time we syncronizeCognos LDAP Namespace (Series 7) with Active Directory

SNCL Software& Services, Inc

Metadata Manager North AmericaBI Series 7Metadata Manager parses Impromptu reports into itsmetadata components. It provides full impact analysis onchanges to underlying reporting objects, Metadatastandardization, Impromptu report inventorying, reportdocumentation. Batch Report registering


MetaManager MetadataManagement


As an extension of Framework Manager and IBM CognosReportNet or Cognos 8, MetaManager allowsadministrators to simplify many of the complexitiesassociated with metadata, security, and datamanagement, both at the modeling and user level.

TrouxTechnologies

Metis6 EnterpriseArchitecture


Metis 6 is an enterprise architecture platform

Motio Inc(FormerlyFocusTechnologiesLLC)

MotioADF ApplicationDevelopment

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8BI, IBM CognosPerformanceApplications,ReportNet

The Motio Application Development Framework(MotioADF) is targeted at Cognos customers who want toextend, customize or embed the Cognos 8 or ReportNetline of products.

Envisn NetVisn ApplicationAdministration

North America,Australia,Europe

IBM Cognos 8,ReportNet,IBM CognosPerformanceApplications

NetVisn handles a number of Administrative functions forCognos 8 and ReportNet including documentation,security, metadata management, impact analysis, changemanagement and auditing and usage analysis.

Lantares powerStress Stress TestingEuropeIBM Cognos 8BI

powerStress is a stress-testing application for businessintelligence environments across all industries.

FirstQuarter,Inc.

ProTools SecurityBuilder

ApplicationSecurity


ProTools Security Builder is a security configurationapplication for all industries.

QueryVisionTechnology Inc.

QueryVisionApplicationDeveloper

ApplicationDevelopment

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

Application Developer is a customizable applicationbuilder for creating integrated, customized or extendedapplications with Cognos solutions


MetadataManagementandDocumentation

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QueryVisionTechnology Inc

QueryVisionCustomAuthent-ication Provider

AuthenticationNorth AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI

Custom Authentication Provider is a toolkit forauthentication integration.


QueryVision PortletDeploymentManager

PortletManagement

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI; IBM CognosReportNet

Portlet Deployment Manager is a customizable businessintelligence solution for the creation and maintenance ofportlets and custom pages within Cognos Connection.


QueryVisionSharepointIntegrationWebParts

ApplicationIntegration

North AmericaIBM Cognos 8BI; IBMCognosReportNet

SharePoint IntegrationWeb Parts is a SharePoint portalsolution that directly integrates Cognos ReportNet andCognos 8 Business Intelligence software with Microsoft’sSharePoint Portal or Windows SharePoint Services.




The Appfluent Product Suite provides a comprehensivesoftware solution for managing enterprise BI and datawarehouse deployments. It is fully integrated with IBM Cognos8 Business Intelligence.

The solution monitors and analyzes detailed user activity, datausage, and query performance over time. Businessintelligence, data warehousing, and other IT professionals canrely on Appfluent to resolve performance issues, provideefficient data management, and mitigate regulatory risk.

Benefits

• Improve BI and data warehouse performance by tuningand optimizing to match actual usage patterns

• Optimize indexing strategies and reduce query efforts

• Meet and exceed service level agreements

• Understand how applications are used, which are mostused, and who uses them

• Fully identify the person accessing specific data

• Identify what data is accessed (specific table and column)

• Monitor, analyze, and record howdata is queried to the specific SQLpart

• Ensure compliance with security andregulatory requirements

• Reduce the risk of lawsuits andincreased liability costs

• Capture and analyze every SQLstatement.

• Identify candidates for databasepruning and server consolidation(across multiple databases andservers)

• Reduce data redundancy byidentifying duplicate objects anditems

• Identify and remove dormant datathat has not been used for a specificperiod of time

• Reduce the time and expense ofplanning data consolidations andmigrations

Features

The Appfluent Product Suite provides comprehensive, criticalinsight into user activity, applications, and database usage,without disrupting production systems. The solution ensures BIand IT teams have the information they need to effectivelyaddress critical issues. It provides critical aid to support queryperformance efforts, data consolidation projects, andregulatory and audit compliance requests.

Appfluent centrally collects and analyzes every query toprovide actionable insight for the BI and data warehouse teamand IT organization. It also delivers more than 50 pre-packaged reports and ad-hoc reporting via IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence and IBM Cognos ReportNet.

Architecture

Core to the Appfluent Product Suite is a set of distributedprocesses that work together to create a non-disruptiveprocess for continuous watching, storing, and analyzing of allqueries generated by users and applications. All of theseprocesses load query, application, and database information

into the Appfluent Analytical Repository.

Once the queries are placed in therepository, Appfluent Reports forCognos are then run to provide detailedusage and performance metrics andinformation.

Appfluent Product Suite



Atos Origin provides a service to build a set of documents thatreflect the Cognos environment at the customer’s site. Thedocuments can be used for different purposes, includingmaintenance, redesign, auditing, or for the education of newemployees.

An Atos Origin consultant will visit the client to complete thedocumentation process or to update the documents after achange in the implementation.

Benefits

For years, the documentation service has been used inseveral Atos Origin customer projects. Now it is available foreveryone.

Features

• Full documentation of an IBM Cognos Transformer cube

• Full documentation of a framework.

• Full documentation of a report, including labels, sorting,users, user views, and security layers.

Architecture

The engine of our solution connects to the cube (*.mdl) and tothe Reports & Framework repository. Using a quick andintelligent engine, the metadata is read and directly stored intoan predefined Atos Origin Cognos documentation template.

Atos Origin Cognos Documentation Service



i-COsoft BI IT Performance Management Suite

The i-COsoft solution is designed for IT performancemanagement. It allows CIOs to manage their own departmentand to demonstrate the added value they’re creating for thecompany. The solution provides CIOs with modules for usersatisfaction analysis, IT benchmarking, and IT scorecarding.

The target market is CIOs of large organizations who need tocommunicate their value to the rest of the organization.

Benefits

• Allows the IT department to show that they’re adding valueand not just costing money

• User satisfaction analysis improves support and projectprocesses

• Better adoption of IT services applications, tools, andprojects by end users, which drives overall productivityimprovement

• Focuses on service issues and problems, which drivesproductivity improvement

• Helps to optimize the Help Desk team regarding userexpectations, which optimizes the financial efficiency ofthe department. Helps to align resources for the HelpDesk in terms of user expectations. By focusing on themain aspects that drive user satisfaction, this results incost savings

Features

• IT scorecarding

• User satisfaction analysis (generic surveys or day-to-dayanalysis regarding SLAs)

• IT budget benchmarking

• ABC/ABM modules

• ROI and payback management modules

• ITIL process management templates

Architecture

IBM Cognos software (ReportNet, PowerPlay, and MetricsManager) is bundled with our solutions to provide betteranalysis capabilities. Everything is structured aroundReportNet.We are Linux andWindows based with a SQL Server andMysql database.

The solution is available in ASP mode, which means usersaccess information through theWeb.



Business Process Service’s Archive Toolkit for TM1

As corporations roll out and grow their IBM Cognos TM1solutions, the number of cubes, dimensions, rules, and datacan grow and change rapidly. As part of any best-practiceapplication lifecycle management for TM1, data andapplication archiving should be part of the solution.

The Archive Toolkit for IBM Cognos TM1provides backup andrestoration of single or multiple-cube TM1applications. Archivefiles can be restored to the same TM1 instance or a differentone.The solution seamlessly integrates into new or existing TM1environments. Restored cubes can be accessed from all ofthe TM1components including standard Excel, TM1Web,Executive Viewer, and Microsoft SharePoint.

Multiple archive groupings can be created on a single TM1instance; this allows different archive strategies to bedeployed within an application. Unique archive namingconventions also allow multiple archives from a singleapplication to be restored to the same TM1 server.

Benefits

• Archiving provides a key component of applicationlifecycle management

• Archives are stored offline until needed, which preservessystem resources

• As dimension hierarchies change, archiving allows accessto former rollups

• Rules are preserved in the archive, ensuring that rule-calculated data is archived accurately

• The Archive Toolkit is easy to implement in an existingenvironment

Features

For a configured TM1application, the toolkit providescomplete archival and restoration control of the following:

• N-Level cube data

• All dimension elements and their associated hierarchies

• All dimension attributes, along with their current values

• Dimension attribute rules

• Cube structures and rules

Architecture

The Business Process Services component of Archive Toolkitis a set of generic TM1Turbo Integrator processes. Theseprocesses handle all archival and restoration of TM1dataobjects, including multiple cubes and dimensions to ASCII flatfiles.



When IT organizations provide business solutions, they needto evaluate the ROI that those solutions bring. One set ofmetrics that are part of any ROI analysis is the number of endusers accessing the solution and the duration of that usage.The Usage Monitoring framework provides both raw metricand formatted reports to easily obtain that information.

While standard IBM Cognos TM1comes with performancemetrics on application data, the system does not automaticallyprovide end user usage statistics. Breakaway’s UsageMonitoring system allows new and existing TM1customers toeasily add this capability into their environment.

BPS Usage Monitoring for IBM Cognos TM1provides clearvisibility into who is using the tool and when it is being usedmost often. The software captures user access to TM1andstores the history of usage through core TM1objects and aseries of Excel reports. Usage activity can then be trendedover various grains of time (hours, days, or months).

After an application such as IBM Cognos TM1 is rolled out, theadoption period can be either slow and sporadic, or fast andpervasive. Therefore, IT organizations need to justifyaugmenting hardware or software in order to accommodategrowth.

Benefits

• Provides an accurate picture of usage and licensingrequirements

• Quantitative measurements support ROI calculations andhelp maintain service levels

• Assists in lifecycle management and new applicationdeployment

Features

The monitoring solution provides TM1cubes containingdetailed user usage and access information. These cubes canbe accessed via the standard IBM Cognos TM1 toolset tocreate custom reports. The package additionally containsstandard reports that show intra-day usage trends, usageduration, and inactive accounts.

Architecture

TM1Usage Monitoring is a complete user-monitoring packagecontaining a cube, TI processes, and Excel reports that takeperiodic snapshots of when users are logged onto the TM1server.

Business Process Services Usage Monitoring for TM1



The simulator is a Java application with a graphical interfacethat simulates the usage of the Cognos 8 environment bymultiple users.

This simulator creates multiple parallel processes on a singleWindows machine. Each process independently connects toCognos 8, potentially with its own credentials. The processthen executes a specified list of tasks such as retrievingContent Store content, retrieving a report specification, orrunning a report. These tasks are accomplished by each ofthe multiple parallel processes working in a random order. Thesimulation also produces detailed log files and executed taskoutputs.

Benefits

The benefit of this simulator is to provide stress testing ofCognos 8 environments.

Features

• A graphical interface that enables up to 99 parallelprocesses, which could then sequentially run up to 99 realCognos 8 tasks, randomly ordered.

• Detailed logging functionality.

• The simulator creates multiple parallel processes on asingleWindows machine.

Architecture

The application communicates with the Cognos 8environment via a gateway or a dispatcher URL. It is written inJava JDK 1.5 (Netbeans 5.5) using IBM Cognos 8.3 SDK Javalibraries. It is downwards compatible with IBM Cognos 8versions 8.1 and 8.2., however, for any future releases, theapplication needs to be re-compiled with the appropriate IBMCognos SDK libraries.

The tool itself is composed of one main JAR file and a fewadditional JAR libraries.

Concurrent User Stress Simulator for IBM Cognos 8



Genware Audit Processor™

The Genware Audit Processor provides reporting and analysisto extend the reach of application usage information to theCognos community. It provides advanced administration andauditing information for IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence,ReportNet, Access Manager, PowerPlay Enterprise Server,Impromptu, and Metrics Manager.

Benefits

• Application usage: Reports and analysis cubes provideinformation on application usage trends. The informationcan be used to determine trends and identify functionalitythat can be decommissioned or may require modification

• Server utilization: Monitor server usage including howmany users are accessing the server, when, and howoften. Identify and plan for peak usage times and identifylong-running or error yielding requests. The infrastructureadministrator can easily determine the subject areas orusers executing these long-running requests

• Performance optimization: Identify long-running reportsand address them soon after they occur. The applicationincludes utilization of IBM Cognos PowerPlay cubedimensions and levels.With this information, the cubedesign can be modified based on actual usage, yieldingfaster build and response times

• Security and compliance reporting: Facilitates functionalsecurity by assigning security to items within CognosUpfront or Cognos Connect. This provides information onwhich items are available to a user class or role. For usagevalidation, the application provides information onindividual user access

• Administration and license management: Includesvaluable reports that provide important information to theapplication administrator. This reduces the effort requiredto maintain the user community and security structure

Features

For application users:

• Determine which users are utilizing reports, cubes, ormetrics

• Determine which power users are using ad-hoc queryfunctionality

• Identify peak application usage times and response times

For development project teams:

• Use dashboards to monitor application, user, and serverusage patterns

• Simplify management of user communities by reportingon user properties managed through Access Manager orLDAP systems, with namespaces leveraged by Cognos

• Determine which Cognos components are utilized, howfrequently, and in which subject areas

• Identify when users experience content errors and beproactive in response

For application administrators:

• Analyze Cognos ReportNet jobs, reports, and sessions

• Report and track changes to security

• Monitor server usage, peak time, and response times todetermine required loads and configuration requirements

• Identify errors early

• License administration

Architecture

The Genware Audit Processor is available in one of foureditions (Enterprise Edition, Enterprise Plus Edition, MetricsEdition, and Portal & Security Edition) to support the Cognostechnologies.



Metadata Manager

Metadata Manager provides Impromptu report metadata in anautomated way. It allows IBM Cognos 7 administrators anddevelopers to manage Impromptu and Powerplaydeployments in terms of report cataloguing, metadatastandardization, impact management, and migration roadmap.

The solution also provides dynamic technical specificationsfor all Impromptu reports and cubes. This leads to lower costof ownership and higher ROI for IBM Cognos 7 productiondeployments, and it significantly lowers the cost of performingupgrades.

Benefits

• Provides a single point inventory for all Impromptu/IWRreports and Powerplay cubes

• Provides metadata standardization for a single version ofreporting elements

• Shows impact management in terms of database andcatalog changes to all downstream reports

• Helps with planning your migration or upgrade strategy bydetermining which data elements are used in reports forFramework Manager modeling and report migration

• Creates dynamic technical documentation to quicklydocument report specs, and update them based ondevelopment changes

Features

Metadata Manager consists of three components:

• File Documentor – collects all Cognos files from across thenetwork for the application.

• Report Registry – lists all registered reports, and theirassociated metadata.

• The Elements Library – shows all metadata (data sources,data source tables, data source columns, dimensionalelements, element definitions, and filters/joins). The Libraryalso provides full impact analysis. Also included are reportspecs and impact analysis reports.

Users can register reports in batch, or individually. They cancombine reports into cube specs or report groups, whichgathers the metadata for multiple reports. The full SQL isprovided, and all element definitions are fully qualified.

Architecture

Metadata Manager provides metadata for reports. It does notauthor reports, but provides the information needed toeffectively manage them.



Accurately modeled and documented metadata is thefoundation of a successful performance managementimplementation. IBM Cognos Framework Manager serves asthe metadata layer for the Cognos deployment. It is critical toleverage the metadata attributes of the various elements toimprove the end user experience. Once captured, the value ofthese attributes should be demonstrated across theorganization.

MetaManager allows administrators to simplify many of thecomplexities associated with metadata, security and datamanagement, both at the modeling and user level. Theproduct modules are designed to help administrators manageand maintain metadata, perform impact analysis of thesemodifications on end user content, and automatically resolveany issues that may occur from the impact analysis. As well,administrators can generate detailed audit trail documentationwith a click of a button, perform full or selectable contentbackups and restores, and revert changes back to previousstate at any time.

Benefits

• As an extension of Framework Manager and IBM CognosReportNet or IBM Cognos 8, MetaManager providesfunctionality that automates many of the manualprocesses in a Cognos deployment (Security, Distribution,Standardization, Documentation, Validation and Backup &Recovery)

• In addition to automating the impact of changes to theunderlying data foundation, MetaManager enablesadministrators to carry forward the value of the data to endusers in an automated fashion

• By carrying details about the metadata (such as sourcesof query items and descriptions) through to end userreports, business users gain insight about the informationpresented to them

• With thorough documentation of Framework Managermodels and the entire content store (including reportspecs, security, and schedules), MetaManager enablesdetailed record keeping and audit trails of the entireCognos environment

Features

• Excel-like user interface for making changes and updatesto Framework Manager object properties (including simpleand advanced search capabilities)

• Automate report validation when changes to theunderlying packages are made

• Automatically apply Framework Manager model changesto impacted reports

• Carry metadata through to end-user reports in the form ofscreen tips

• Find and replace text within selectable report objects

• Standardize the look and feel of existing reports with oneclick

• Easily distribute custom portal tabs to any role, group oruser

• Secure packages, folders, reports and other objects in onesimple step

• Document the contents of Framework Manager modelsand the content store in PDF, XLS, TXT or HTML

• Full backup and restore capabilities on selected objects inthe content store. Restoration can be done to the samelocation or any location in any content store

• Revert any change back to its previous state

Architecture

MetaManager is a client application that runs on anyWindowsplatform supported by Cognos (e.g., XP, 2000, 2003). Theproduct communicates with Cognos throughWeb servicesand does not require the use of SDK.

MetaManager



Metis Architect and Metis Server form Troux’s ActionableEnterprise Architecture platform. It’s the solution of choice forthe world’s leading enterprise architecture teams within theGlobal 2000.

• Troux’s Metis Server provides information managementcapabilities and interactive delivery, through sophisticatedinformation collection and storage. Metis Serverimplements abstract entity-relation models. This enablesautomated collection, classification, and visualization ofenterprise architecture including technologies, processesand people. IBM Cognos ReportNet is used by IT andenterprise architects for collection, management, sharing,and analysis of enterprise environment data

• Metis Architect provides enterprise architectureprofessionals a range of modeling options. This includesproviding business-owners with read-only visual models toempower decision-making and support designers anddevelopers to create, adapt, extend objects, relationships,and search criteria within a metamodel template

Benefits

• By integrating the current-state dataaggregation of Metis Server with thefuture-state modeling capabilities of MetisArchitect, Troux provides visibility andanalytics to support business strategy

• Troux is the first to provide reporting andanalytics capabilities that leverageenterprise architecture information for strategic planning tothe enterprise

• Troux’s suite of IT governance applications integrate withthe Actionable Enterprise Architecture platform.Thisenables organizations to align IT with the business throughapplication and services portfolio optimization, and itenables standards management

Features

Metis Server

• Metis Enterprise Repository: Provides storage types,depth, and relationship information to purpose data andcreate robust decision-support systems meeting the needsof IT and business

• Metis Enterprise Architecture Framework: Out-of-the-boxuser modeling of complex and dynamic environments toalign with business organizational strategy

• Metis Information Portal: Secure role-based data deliverybased on user domain and preferences.

• Metis Reporting: Utilizing IBM Cognos ReportNet to deliverinformation in text, tabular, column, and graphical formats.Reports can be viewed as HTML, PDF and/or exported toreporting formats such as Excel and column separatedvalues

• Metis Policy Manager: Facilitates the capture, creation, andmanagement of policies: committees and collaboration;implementation, testing, and auditing; reporting, changemanagement, and end-of-life transition management

• Metis Workflow Engine: Enables the definition,implementation, and improvement of processes in the MetisEnterprise Repository. Business analysts access an intuitiveand flexible interface to define processes, businessfunctions/activities, business rules, resources, andperformance measurements

Metis Architect

•Model Browser: Provides end-users the ability toview, but not update, models published on theInternet or LAN.Access visual models to assessand query complex enterprise information aspart of analysis, planning, and decision-making

•Model Annotator: Enterprise architecture teammembers, reviewers, and model approvers cancomment in ’sticky note’ style. Annotator supportsthreaded conversations among reviewers.Annotated models provide an easily accessedaudit of proposed model changes and decisions

• Model Editor: Creates visual models from enterprise dataand accommodates change on a detailed, operational levelto assure information relevancy. Users can publish modelsto aWeb server—either in full, dynamic mode for use withModel Browser or Model Annotator, or HTML pages foreasy access from standardWeb browsers

• Model Designer: Targets more advanced modelers forvisual display and dynamic behavior of models, objects,and relationships

• Model Developer: Offers a powerful development tool foradvanced developers who need to create, adapt, or extendobjects, relationships, and search criteria within ametamodel template

Data Import Facility: Allows users to visually model howexternal data should be imported into Metis.

Metis 6



MotioADF

The Motio Application Development Framework (MotioADF) istargeted at Cognos customers who want to extend, customize,or embed the IBM Cognos 8 or IBM Cognos ReportNet line ofproducts.

Developed by the Cognos SDK experts at Motio, the solutionenables companies to bring tailored Cognos BI solutions tomarket faster and more reliably than when using the rawCognos SDK.

MotioADF provides enhanced functionality and a customizedexperience for organizations ultilizing Cognos BI solutions. Asa result, they recognize greater utilization and adoption of theirCognos solution and reap the full benefits of this powerful BItool.

Benefits

• Build a more intuitive or corporate aligned experience forBI consumers

• Requires less training

• Helps with adoption

• More efficient (customized workflow for the way yourbusiness works)

• Integrates custom business rules with BI content

• Reduces maintenance burden on BI team (e.g., reportprofiles cut down on the number of permutations forreports)

• Enhanced functionality (BI beyond the box)

Features

The MotioADF Toolkit layer provides a powerful, object-oriented interface on top of the Cognos SDK. Operations suchas report generation, report execution, content storemanagement, and metadata manipulation are greatlysimplified using this layer.

Driven by common customer request, the MotioADF Serviceslayer provides a rich, persistent model and implements aseries of services that extend and augment the defaultfunctionality available in Cognos.

The MotioADFWeb layer is a series of abstractions andbuilding blocks that make it much easier to build customWebapplications in front of Cognos based installations. The layeralso includes a powerful set of re-usable AJAX enabled,Web-based widgets that are easy to plug into customWebapplications.

The MotioADF Portal is a fully functional, end-user focusedalternative to Cognos Connection. The source and buildscripts for this portal are provided, making it easy to changethe look and feel to fit corporate standards, add applicationspecific screens, and tailor the end-user experience.

Architecture

MotioADF is provided as a layered stack (Toolkit, Services,andWeb), allowing Cognos customers to extend, customize,or embed the IBM Cognos ReportNet or IBM Cognos 8 BI lineof products



NetVisn

NetVisn changes the role of Cognos administrators fromreactive to proactive. NetVisn handles documentation,metadata management, security, impact analysis, auditing andusage, and version control.

Routine management at all levels of the environment ishandled by NetVisn. Administrators can identify and correctpotential problems before users encounter them.

NetVisn works equally well in small organizations or in largeenvironments with thousands of users and complex objects.An elegantly simple user interface allows administrators tomanage their BI environment with ease.

Seamlessly integrated with IBM Cognos 8 and IBM CognosReportNet, NetVisn gives your BI team access to key areas ofthe BI environment. And they are documented in a way thatshows their relationship to each other across the wholeenvironment. Hyperlinks within the documentation makenavigation much faster. It’s all done automatically and thereforeis always up to date.

Versioning and archiving allow administrators to managechange while retaining full documentation of what has beenused in the past.

Benefits

• Manage large, more complex Cognos environments withfewer resources

• Provides a single, integrated solution for managing allaspects of the BI environment

• Security is presented in the way you need to manage it,both in terms of objects and users. Validation of security isfast and easy. Changes and corrections can be made fromwithin NetVisn

• Annotations provide contextual information about reportsand other objects, making content easier to understandand use. Plus, they can be retained from version to versionautomatically

• Metadata can be imported from external sources andcombined with internal metadata. Metadata from NetVisncan also be used as a data source for reporting andanalysis within IBM Cognos 8

• Change management ensures that you automatically stayin compliance by continuously verifying output andcomplete data lineage (SOX, HIPPAA, Basel II)

• NetVisn is user installable and requires virtually no training.And it’s fully automated, so documentation is always up todate and accurate

• Proven technology that is currently being used by some ofCognos’ largest global customers

Features

• Powerful analytic capabilities provide access toinformation on every aspect of the environment.

• Annotations are automatically brought forward from themodel, providing answers to questions about reportcontent and data sources

• Audit and usage data available on all users within the BIenvironment. Content not currently being used can beremoved or upgraded

• Fully scalable; can be used in environments of any sizewith consistently fast results

• Run history of all reports, queries, and analyses withsuccess/failure rates

• Flexible and accurate impact analysis identifies all contentthat will be impacted by change

• Flexible parameter-driven analysis makes it easy to searchfor specific settings, conditions, and relationships

• Dependency analysis of all packages, objects, databases,and triggers

• All public and personal content is documented and visible

• Quickly validates that the correct database tables arebeing used in reports, queries, and analyses

• Shows an object’s dependencies including model, jobs,schedule, shortcuts, and views

• View all joins, business rules, and database references inall packages

• Security Profiler validates security and ensures that it hasbeen correctly applied

• Version control and archiving ensures that earlier versionsare retained and can be reused when necessary

NetVisn is completely web based. It was designed from theground up using state-of-the-art architecture and open sourcetools. It runs onWindows, Unix, and Linux and can be usedwith all major Web browsers.



Lantares is a Cognos Platinum Reseller Company focusedwith CPM projects. Lantares has developed and continues todevelop Cognos solutions with their own I+D department.

PowerSecure SSO is a Single SignOn solution that integratesthe login for all Cognos applications as well as for otherapplications such as SAP, Lotus Notes, IBM PersonalCommunications and more.While accomplishing this we alsosynchronize Cognos LDAP Namespaces in IBM CognosSeries 7 with Active Directory or other authentication methodssuch as Smartcards, Fingerprints, and NTLM. PowerSecurealso has the ability to accomplish Access Control for all users,integrating with HR systems.

Benefits

• Logon integration: Solution integrates the login for allCognos applications as well as for other applications (SAP,Lotus Notes, IBM Personal Communications

• Synchronization: PowerSecure synchronizes CognosLDAP Namespace in IBM Cognos Series 7 with ActiveDirectory or other authentication method such asSmartcards, Fingerprints, NTLM

• Access Control: HR systems can be integrated providingsolution with the ability for administrators and users to doaccess control for all users

Features

PowerSecure produces logs which can be audited andreported on through:

• Transformer Models

• Framework Catalogs

• IBM Cognos ReportNet Reports

Cognos technology is used in many different ways dependingon the products installed:

• Cognos Trusted SignOn SDK

• Access Manager API

• Web Services

• Cognos API

Architecture

PowerSecure takes advantage of IBM Cognos 8 BI, IBMCognos Planning, IBM Cognos Controller, IBM CognosPerformance Applications, IBM Cognos ReportNet and IBMCognos PowerPlay.

PowerSecure Single SignOn



Companies need tools to help monitor and test the workloadof mission-critical systems, to optimizes service levels andensure accurate infrastructure sizing. powerStress is designedto provide accurate assessments of these systems duringsoftware implementation processes, as well as performworkload tests to assess future performance.

The system is specially designed to perform stress testing in abusiness intelligence environment. It is completely integratedwith Cognos platforms (IBM Cognos Series 7 and IBMCognos 8 BI). It is developed with Cognos SDK andWebServices, so integration is simple and fast. And it has the abilityto modify those parameters for monitoring and measuring.

Every Cognos project demands the right hardwareenvironment, so Cognos customers should considerpurchasing powerStress for stress testing. The solution asdesigned for large and small businesses in any industry.

Benefits

• Platform sizing: A key aspect of any software project is tosize precisely the platform and the environment.powerStress allows you to simulate the workload of eachprocess, create several scenarios, and reproduceproblems before they appear, so you can asses andrecommend the best platform

• Guarantee response times: You can simulate the workloadfor the total number of users you will have in productionand estimate the average response time per user withinyour hardware environment

• Anticipate performance issues: By periodically stressingyour systems, you can simulate new requirements formore reports, users, data, or complexity. This allows you toguarantee the adaptation of the current platform tochanging needs

• Predict response times: Simulating workload stresssituations allows you to predict response times andevaluate upfront if you need to upgrade your systems

Features

• Developed with the Cognos SDK

• High performance

• Web services enabled

• The workload is configured for these parameters: number

of users, volume of reports, data volume, simultaneous(asynchronous)

• Analyze different (configurable) metrics: Memory Used perProcess, Memory Pages, % CPU, CPU Time, Time perProcess, I/O Bytes

Architecture

• powerStress is completely integrated with Cognosplatforms

• Multi remote asynchronousWindows client

• Microsoft .Net Framework enabled

• Scripted scenario configuration

• Windows and Unix support

powerStress modules:

• Repository: Audit logs (flat files or db)

• powerMonitor: This is installed on the server, and providesthe client console with instant performance metrics.

• Client Console: This administrator’s application is used todesign the stress testing workloads, launch the processes,and monitor them.

powerStress



Business intelligence is all about improving CorporatePerformance by providing role access to information. ProToolswill help you scale your deployments and clear complexsecurity hurdles.

• With ProTools you can simplify, centralize, and scale yourCognos deployments

• Implement complex security designs in less than a day

• Cut security maintenance tasks by 90%

• Centralize security administration

• Address data security audit concerns

Having secured data is critical for organizations who: (a) needto grant access to data on a need to know basis, (b) who havedata security audit concerns, or (c) who must comply withgovernmental regulations like SOX or HIPAA.

The ProTools solution is used by clients across all majorindustry sectors and for all functional areas where data levelsecurity is important.

Benefits

Business intelligence is all about sharing information, but oftenenterprises can only deploy after the security hurdle iscleared. ProTools helps you broadly secure and scale thedeployment of your business intelligence applications.

With ProTools you can:

• Reduce security maintenance tasks by 90% or more

• Broadly deploy role appropriateaccess to data

• Implement complex security designsin less than a day

• Simplify, centralize, and streamlinesecurity administration

• Address data security audit concerns

Features

• A leading global healthcare productscompany was able to massivelydeployed security in ten highlycomplex cubes in less than 30 hours.The effort to manually implementsecurity would have been error proneand would have required weeks to

implement and verify.

• A leading document management company nowimplements complex security designs in less than a dayand has cut security maintenance tasks by more than90%.

• A leading forest products company estimated thatProTools reduced their administrative burden related tosecurity by more than 500,000 steps each time that theyimplemented security for a new financial reportingapplication.

Architecture

FirstQuarter’s ProTools solution is based on best practices andproven technologies for improving corporate performance ofleading organizations.

Fully integrated with IBM Cognos Series 7 and IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence, FirstQuarter’s security solution, ProTools,enables you to increase performance, reduce total cost ofownership and raise Corporate Performance Management(CPM) to a new level.

Using a 3-step approach, a single application is used tocoordinate security across all of Cognos BI.

1. Securing

2. Staging

3. Setup

ProTools Security Builder



Application Developer

The QueryVision Application Developer allows customers,consulting partners, and OEMs to create integrated,customized, or extended applications on top of Cognosplatforms. The cross-industry solution reduces the cost andeffort in integrating and extending third-party applications withCognos software.

Our unique solution provides a set of high-level APIs, libraries,and components, enabling developers to utilize the power ofthe Cognos SDK with less training and increased productivity.This lowers your cost of development and increases thesuccess rate of your projects.

A wide range of applications can be built with ApplicationDeveloper. You can target new users with customized userinterfaces or embed business logic directly into your BI orCPM solutions. IT also benefits. You can lower costs andincrease the reliability of BI systems by automatingadministration tasks or by building customized administrationuser interfaces.

Benefits

• Lower training costs by creating customized, intuitiveinterfaces for different user groups

• Increase information sharing by integrating Cognos intobusiness applications and enterprise portals

• Decrease maintenance costs by automating ITadministration

Features

• Increased development productivity through high-levelAPIs and components

• Built-in Web session management

• Security session management including single sign-onsupport

• Built-in support for developing ASP.Net and MicrosoftSharePoint Web parts

• Access to administration SDK

• Holistic solution environment with rich Cognos SDKdocumentation

Architecture

QueryVision Application Developer integrates tightly with theCognos SDK. Our unique approach provides direct access toa high-level interface. This allows developers to reduce thecoding effort by approximately 5 to 10 times.At the sametime, it gives them full access to the full Cognos SDK ifrequired.

Value-added components are directly integrated with our API,which allows you to concentrate on building the core of yourapplication without worrying about infrastructure such assession management and login services.



Many OEM companies that leverage the Cognos BI platformuse customized authentication solutions so their applicationand its security can be deployed as a single, independentsolution.

The QueryVision plug-and-play Custom AuthenticationProvider provides custom authentication integration within asingle day. This frees up projects that demand yourauthentication source be available from day one.

As well, if your authentication provider requires customintegration, the Custom Authentication Toolkit extends theCognos Java Custom Authentication Provider SDK withessential tools, components, and documentation to make yourteam highly productive from the start.

Benefits

The QueryVision Custom Authentication Toolkit reducesimplementation time from weeks to days, and does so withoutcompromising security.

QueryVision also provides a full commercial-readyimplementation of a custom authentication provider, using aSQL database as the authentication namespace object datarepository. This includes built-in logging and industry standardencryption and security. It can unblock any project timelinerisks and accelerate your overall Cognos implementationschedule. Even if you don’t use SQL for your finalauthentication source, you can snap in our referenceimplementation and have your Cognos project working onDay 1.

Simply put, our solution provides you with the lowest cost ofownership when integrating custom authentication with yourCognos architecture.

Features

• Out-of-the-box reference implementation

• Ability to migrate from reference implementation to customimplementation

• Extensive documentation with in-depth architecture andimplementation guidelines

• Cognos-compatible support tools to significantly increaseyour productivity and success

• Development and test harness for debugging and testingyour implementation

Architecture

QueryVision has enhanced the Cognos Java CustomAuthentication Provider SDK in two ways.

First, our toolkit extends the existing Cognos SDK withdeveloper tools and a test harness to create a developmentenvironment that snaps into IBM Cognos ReportNet or theCognos architecture. For customers wanting single sign-oncapabilities, we have also embedded this support within ourCustom Authentication Toolkit.

Second, our reference implementation uses a SQL databaseas the authentication source. It can be used out-of-the-box orto jumpstart your project and then moved to a custom-basedprovider later.

Custom Authentication Provider



Many IT departments are faced with the task of creatingspecific portlet pages or dashboards for their users withinCognos Connection. Companies use this powerful feature asa core part of their IBM Cognos ReportNet or IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence portal.

The QueryVision Portlet Deployment Manager allows IT tocentralize the maintenance and deployment of portlets andcustom pages for specific user groups.

IT can create a single dashboard and replicate it out tomultiple users and user groups with a single click. Themanagement capabilities also allow IT to back up, do versioncontrol, and run usage reports directly within IBM CognosReportNet.

Benefits

With Portlet Deployment Manager, IT can centrally managetheir users’ content within Cognos Connection to ensure theyall view the same information.

Portlet pages can be developed on a test server, saved todisk, and deployed to a production server. IT doesn’t need toworry about upgrades or migrating content since the PortletDeployment Manager lets them archive the content and put itunder version control.

Portlet usage data can also be exported to a database andanalyzed using our built-in ReportNet reports.

Features

• Centralized deployment of dashboards, custom pages,and portlets in Cognos Connection

• Transfer of pages between Cognos servers

• Archive custom pages and portlets

• Custom portlet annotation

• Out-of-the-box usage reporting capabilities

Architecture

Portlet Deployment Manager is aWindows application thatruns onWin XP,Win 2000, or Win 2003. It integrates directlywith the CognosWeb Services SDK to access the IBMCognos ReportNet or IBM Cognos 8 server remotely from thedesktop.

QueryVision leverages the Cognos SDK user account andgroup objects, and it generates data for reporting purposesusing our built-in reports and models.

Portlet Deployment Manager



SharePoint IntegrationWeb parts directly integrate IBMCognos ReportNet and IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligencesoftware within Microsoft’s SharePoint Portal or WindowsSharePoint Services infrastructure.

Instead of using Cognos Connection, functionality can beenabled directly within SharePoint, including navigating thecontent store as well as executing and viewing reports andqueries.

By integrating QueryVisionWeb parts within SharePoint, youcan create countless combinations of applications withembedded BI. You improve productivity by targeting users withfocused business workflow that can revolve around a singlereport, a series of reports, or dashboards.

With QueryVision, you can add a discussion group next toyour sales reports to debate the latest figures, create a sitededicated to a department’s relevant reports and dashboards,add links to supplementary BI documents and other BI-relatedmaterial, or notify users with news alerts of system downtime.

Benefits

SharePoint IntegrationWeb parts allow customers to connectSharePoint users with their existing Cognos BI and CPMsystems. Users that may not require or want full access toCognos Connection can now use the same informationwithout leaving their Microsoft SharePoint Portal.

Dashboards and applications can be created with specific BIcontent and merged with other Web parts to present acommon user experience for departments and user groups.This increases productivity and lowers the overall trainingcosts in deploying your performance management solutions.

Features

• Intuitive content manager navigation

• Report execution and viewing

• Favorites viewer

• Authentication web part

• Single sign-on support

• Personalized settings

• Custom web part solutions available

Architecture

QueryVision provides a multi-layered architecture thatintegrates directly with the Cognos SDK. SharePoint Web partsare built on a framework that is layered on top of ourApplication Developer product. This allows you to use our out-of-the-box solutions as well as quickly build customSharePoint Web parts if required.

The Content Navigator, Report Viewer, Favorites Report Viewer,and LogonWeb part are all component-based so you canarrange them on aWeb page to suit specific user needs. Theyare connectable so you can interface them with each otherand with customWeb parts.

SharePoint Integration Web Parts



Cognos and its partners deliver solutions to help the human resources department become a strategic asset within anorganization. Our solutions help customers:

• Align staffing needs with strategic goals

• Identify and retain the right people

• Ensure that money spent on training produces a return

• Align compensation and headcount plans with corporate priorities

• Find the managers of tomorrow

Our solutions for Human Resources include:

Human Resources Solutions

Softscape APEX Human CapitalManagement

North America,Australia,Europe, LatinAmerica,Pacific Rim,Worldwide

IBMCognos 8BI

SoftscapeApex® is the industry’s most comprehensivepeople management platform providing an award winningand fully integrated approach to managing your workforce.SoftscapeApexmeasures the people and practices thatconstitute an organization’s competitive advantage in a singleend-to-end Human Capital Management solution to managethe performance, development, learning, and recruiting ofyour organizations greatest assets.

Data41 SystemsLLC

Data41Headcount& CompensationPlanning

Headcount &CompensationPlanning


The Data41Headcount & Compensation Planning modelis a framework of common components used in a TM1deployment focused on this aspect of a budgeting andplanning cycle. The framework provides the basicfoundation for an organization conducting headcount andcompensation planning as part of their budget cycle torapidly deploy TM1 to assist in the analysis of employeecompensation, benefits, hiring plans, 401K, etc. Theframework was developed using the TM1platform.

COA Intelligence(formerly StrataSystems)

HR Analyser HumanResourceAnalytics


HR Analyzer is a human resource analytics application.

Saba, Inc. Saba Analytics Human CapitalManagement

WorldwideIBM CognosDecisionStream, IBM CognosPowerPlay

Saba Analytics is a business intelligence solution forenterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) reporting,analysis, and information distribution.


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IBM WorkforceAnalytics

WorkforcePerformance

WorldwideIBM has partnered with Cognos to create workforceanalytics solutions that provide visibility into HR andLearning data with a focus on standard metrics to enablebusiness decisions based on the most reliable and timelyinformation. Drawing upon HCM leading practices from avariety of client engagements, IBM has created a set ofpre-defined analytics, metrics, scorecards and reports toenrich the CognosWFP product with a range of innovativeservice delivery alternatives.



IBM Cognos IBM Cognos 8WorkforcePerformance

WorkforcePerformance

WorldwideIBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is an analyticalapplication that offers over 100 measures and 1,000workforce-related attributes to support cross-organizationreporting and analysis. IBM Cognos 8WorkforcePerformance is a configurable application that snaps intoyour existing technology environment, simplifying thedelivery of relevant and reliable information on HR issues.It transforms operational data from your Human ResourceManagement System (HRMS) into actionable information.As the application transforms the data, it adds businessvalue by calculating additional business information (forexample, end dates) and key performance indicators thatdon’t exist natively in your HRMS.



APEX

Softscape’sWorkforce Analysis suite provides complexmodeling and trend analysis. This suite includes end-usertools for reporting, query and analysis, performancemanagement, and analytic applications. The system providesflexibility to allow administrators to deploy and standardizebusiness intelligence to multiple audiences in the organizationincluding HR, Senior Executives, Practice Managers, etc.

Benefits

Ease of use

• Intuitive web-based interface

• WYSIWYG development

• Real-time graphing and charting

Instant access to critical organizational information

• Advanced role-based security

• Compare the current practices against the industrystandards

• Comparison of data from multiple time periods

• Trend analysis reporting

• Inter-modular reporting

• View the alignment of the results with the goals, strategies,initiatives, and objectives of an organization.

Rapid Deployment

• Full integration of all the components of HCM suite

• Configuration tools for managing data

• Flexibility to integrate with third party applications

• Data manipulation tools and procedures

Reduced costs

• Low cost of entry

• Rapid implementation for new and existing customers

• Low bandwidth requirements; the suite works withinexisting network infrastructure

Features

• Softscape Author Pro allows users to developsophisticated reports with advanced authoringcapabilities. Users have the ability to create complexreports with greater control over the contents andformatting and make those reports available for othermanagers and employees to run using the Report Runneroption. This solution is the most appropriate one foradvanced users.

• Softscape Query Designer uses pre-defined groups ofreport data to build simple queries and allows other usersto run these queries. Users will be able to change thestructure of the queries (i.e. add fields to the queries) aswell as define what data appears in the report and how itis filtered. This solution is most appropriate foradministrators and managers that do not require thecomplex reporting capabilities of Softscape Author Pro.

• Softscape Report Runner allows users to run predefinedreports. This solution has deep security features that allowusers to view reports without altering the report criteria orthe structure of the report. This solution is mostappropriate for managers who want to give theiremployees the ability to review data relating to their projector goals.

Architecture

Softscape PeopleOS has Cognos seamlessly embedded todrive its Analytics engine. PeopleOS provides the technologyinfrastructure that can be used to easily integrate multiplesystems and manage the tactical HR functions that are linkedwith Human Capital Management (HCM) functions - all fromone platform.

Based on industry standards, including SOAP, XML, .NET, C#,andWSDL, Softscape PeopleOS is the foundation for all ofSoftscape’s products.



Data41 Headcount & Compensation Planning

The Data41Compensation & Headcount Planning model is aframework of common components used in a TM1deployment.This model focuses on the headcount and compensationplanning areas of the budgeting and planning cycle.Theapplication is a planning module that makes headcount, salary,and compensation planning efficient across the enterprise.Designed with pre-built components that are based on bestpractices, the model simplifies the planning of workforce andworkforce-related expenses, such as bonuses, benefits,overtime, and merit increases.Additionally, the framework can betailored to an individual company’s policies and processesallowing them to accurately assess, in real time, the businessimpact of workforce decisions on the overall expense plans.

Benefits

• Real-time compensation / headcount during the budget,planning, and forecast cycles.

• Aligns payroll budgets with operational plans and targets.

• Ability to assess real-time impact of salaries andassociated workforce expenses.

• Robust security so that sensitive information is availableonly for those who need it.

• Ability for management to define the global, departmental,and employee-specific compensation parameters (i.e.salary increase).

• The model enables the pinpoint accuracy ofcompensation expenses, because it is computed at theemployee level.

• The solution goes beyond just calculating salary, as itperforms real-time calculations for payroll taxes, 401k, PTO,and overtime for current and new employees.

• Headcount is calculated and consolidated automatically,so that management can analyze data at anyorganizational level.

• For organizations with employees throughout the country,payroll taxes can be easily computed for any state.

• Ultimately reduces the workforce planning cycle times.

Features

• Empowers management to analyze their compensationcosts down to the employee level.

• Users can customize their output to suit their needs andsee the results of their changes in real-time, during the

budgeting and forecasting process.

• Robust variance analysis and versioning allows users tocompare any combination of the actual, budget andforecast data. Users can enter commentary to explain thevariances and/or assumptions. Rolling forecast capabilityand historical archiving can be used for the multi-yeartrend analysis.

• Salary and benefit parameters such as annual increases,bonus, 401k, overtime, PTO, multi-state payroll tax, andother rates are centrally stored and can easily be changedfor any version.

• Multi-currency is available for multi-national organizations.

• Compensation can be configured for a live link to any GLmodel within the IBM Cognos TM1platform.Any changesto the compensation model will automatically update thecompensation and benefit accounts in the GL model.

• Payroll data is automatically loaded for up-to-datevariance analysis.

• Users enter minimal inputs for new employees and all thesalary and benefit calculations automatically flow throughthe model in real-time. No ETL process is required.

• Salary and hourly employees can be configured tocalculate for a mid-month hire, for termination dates, andfor 4-4-5 timeframes.

• Headcount is automatically calculated based on the salarydata.

• Current Excel templates can be easily linked to thecompensation model so users don’t have to learn a newinterface.

Architecture

The Data41Headcount & Compensation Planning model wascreated within the IBM Cognos TM1platform. IBM CognosTM1 is the unified business performance managementplatform powering the application, which provides thecapability for strategic analysis of financial, operational, andemployee data. Additionally, the IBM Cognos TM1TurboIntegrator ETL tool provides the opportunity to interface theheadcount and compensation model with HR and payrolldata, other IBM Cognos TM1applications, or otherorganizational systems requiring data interchange.



HR Analyser allows senior executives, staff, and line managersto leverage the data within your organization’s humanresources and payroll transaction-based systems. Users gaina comprehensive understanding of employee performancethrough the use of world-class metrics and KPIs.

The solution gives you the ability to compare employeeperformance with internally and externally suppliedbenchmarks. Your organization can identify areas whereintervention is required, to increase productivity and reducecosts.

Benefits

• Unified view of workforce information: Collates data fromall employee information sources; this allows managers togain a comprehensive understanding of how people arecreating value for your organization

• Consistency of definition: Enables a single version of thetruth, which means financial and other value ratios areconsistent throughout the enterprise. This reducesunnecessary time and effort spent on activities such asauditing numbers

• Visual impact of employee value: Visually demonstrateshow metrics impact each other in the human capital valuechain. As a result, management can spend more time onthe business

• Rapid ROI: Reduces time to implement core metricswithin your organization. So management time can bespent uncovering unique drivers in the HR value chain

• Increases legal compliance and liability protection:Clarifies where there are issues in recruitment, retention,and promotion

• Ability to integrate benchmarking: Users can easily usedata for benchmarking to assess performance. Thismanagement tool ensures your organization has a strongcompetitive position in the marketplace.

• System independent: This means changes can be madeto HR information systems without impacting reporting forthe end user. There is less demand on IT so they spendmore time on strategic projects

• Ease of implementation: The system is optimized to bedeployed quickly.

• Low consultancy requirement: Research has identified

high levels of consultancy as the main reason of failure todeliver ROI in computer projects

• Built using core measures: Uses a defined list of over 150core HR measures, which any well-run HR function canutilize. It thus frees up time to understand the additionalkey operational drivers to these measures, which can beadded with little effort

Architecture

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence software is integratedinto HR Analyser. The solution uses Cognos reporting forOLAP cubes. Cognos Framework Manager provides themetadata layer. Standard metrics are created using Cognosscorecarding. IBM Cognos Access Manager controlsreporting security, although the product is compatible withother security layers.

HR Analyser provides a total of seven OLAP cubes ormodules: Workforce, Absence, Training, Recruitment, MultiCurrency, Best Value Performance Indicators, andBenchmarking and People Impact.

Over 70 standard reports have been built using Cognosreporting. HR Analyser also provides eight standard humancapital scorecards and these can be customized.

The ETL engine is powered by Microsoft SQL Server 2000and runs on an MSWindows platform.The presentation layeruses IBM Cognos 8 BI and can run in any Cognos supportedenvironment.

HR Analyser



Saba® Analytics is a complete business intelligence solutionfor extended enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM)reporting, analysis, and information distribution. It gives line-of-business managers and HR and training executives the powerto analyze, understand, and act quickly on vital enterpriseinformation. At the same time, using analytics throughout theorganization can directly improve bottom-line results.

Saba provides a robust set of competency analytics that tietogether learning and performance initiatives into a commonreporting structure — the foundationfor learning analytics andperformance analytics. This givesexecutives and managers the insightnecessary to make faster, betterdecisions around key businessinitiatives.

With Saba Analytics, you can drivecost reductions, improve compliance,and increase training revenue; measure the effectiveness of e-learning programs and scarce resources; and identify whereand how training is having an impact across the extendedenterprise —employees, customers, partners, and suppliers.

The open system makes it easy to build custom reports andanalyses; it can extract data into and out of other transactionalor BI systems. Saba Analytics has extensive aggregation,grouping, filtering, drill-down, drill-up, charting, and subtotalingfeatures.

Benefits

• Analysis of key external business metrics ties learningand performance to business value. Lets you importleading and lagging indicators of business performancefrom any external source so your organization can validatethe contribution of enterprise learning or performance tobusiness results

• Extensive pre-built analyses generate fast time-to-value.Provides a comprehensive set of pre-defined analysesthat address the BI needs of line of business managersand HR and training executives

• Intuitive business dashboards shorten the distancebetween data and understanding. Delivers key informationthrough an intuitive and easily configurable point-and-click

interface. Information is arranged in subject areasdesigned to answer strategic questions

• Flexibility protects your enterprise investments andlowers TCO. Leverages existing systems by importingdata from any source and extracting data from SabaAnalytics to other systems

• Scalable architecture supports analysis needs of globalorganizations. Allows your organization to rapidly generateanalyses regardless of the scope of the data—for

hundreds of thousands of usersacross multiple business units,management structures,geographies, and job types. SabaAnalytics is also fully J2EE-compliant and providesWeb-services support to enhanceinteroperability between systems

Features

Built-in business analysis:

• Organize and view people by manager hierarchy, businessunit, customer, location, job type

• Intuitive user interface

• Point-and-click charting

• Export to Excel or any other application

• Built-in access control and data level security

• My Analyses dashboard

• Email subscriptions to drive management by metrics

• Turnkey solution with no data warehousing skills required

• ProvidesWeb Services and portlet for interoperability withother applications

Architecture

Saba has created a seamless process for ETL and cubebuilding by developing automated scripts that run on top ofIBM Cognos DecisionStream and Transformer. Saba builds thereports and cubes that are used within Saba Analytics anddoes not use any pre-built reports or cubes. The intuitive userinterface helps users construct the analyses they need toanswer business questions. Saba Analytics uses IBM CognosPowerPlay for analysis.

Saba Analytics



IBM has partnered with Cognos to create workforce analyticssolutions that provide visibility into HR and Learning data witha focus on standard metrics to enable business decisionsbased on the most reliable and timely information.

Drawing upon HCM leading practices from a variety of clientengagements, IBM has created a set of pre-defined analytics,metrics, scorecards and reports to enrich the CognosWFPproduct with a range of innovative service delivery alternatives.

Workforce Analytics

IBM-Cognos Workforce Analytics Solution

The IBM-CognosWorkforceAnalytics Solution is an integrated, cross-enterprise workforce information solution. IBM Cognos Products:IBM CognosWorkforce PerformanceIBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition: Ensure efficient and reliable business decision-making. Optimize workforce contribution and deliver real business results.

Key features: Performance management, decision support, process design and implementation services, includes CognosWorkforce Performance,combines IBM Cognos 8 BI capabilities with IBM Human Capital Management strategy.

IBM-Cognos Managed Business Process Services (MBPS) Workforce Analytics Solution

The IBM-Cognos Managed Business Process Services (MBPS)WorkforceAnalytics Solution is an outsourcing IBM Cognos Products:Solution for Workforce Analytics.IBM CognosWorkforce PerformanceIBM Cognos 8 BI

Value Proposition: Integrate multiple vendors in an on-demand environment. Make all online employee resources available through a consistentinterface.Add or update human resources (HR) applications as needed through a flexible, low-cost architecture.

Key features: IBM HR analytics consolidated HR information, performance benchmarking metrics.



IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is an analyticalapplication that offers over 100 measures and 1,000workforce-related attributes to support cross-organizationreporting and analysis. It includes analysis across:

• Employee demographics, positions, departments,business units, locations, and job codes.

• Staff turnover, terminations, voluntary and involuntaryseparations, and transfers.

• Paycheck data, earnings, and deductions.

• Employee benefit expenses, employer benefit expenses,and taxation.

• Employee reviews and performance.

• Sick leave, family leave, and vacation status.

It provides a complete platform for:

• Workforce analytics.

• Turnover and attrition analysis.

• Compensation analysis.

• Human capital optimization and alignment.

• HR performance management.

IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is a configurableapplication that snaps into your existing technologyenvironment, simplifying the delivery of relevant and reliableinformation on HR issues. It transforms operational data fromyour Human Resource Management System (HRMS) intoactionable information. As the application transforms the data,it adds business value by calculating additional businessinformation (for example, end dates) and key performanceindicators that don’t exist natively in your HRMS.

Benefits

Value for ITIntegrates and simplifies deployment, maintenance, and day-to-day operations. This delivers a huge time and cost-savingfor your organization, while making you more responsive tochanging business needs.

• ETL code is generated after you identify the data that youneed in the data warehouse.

• IT department can just configure and generate reports.

Value for the Business• Offers a quick, simple, yet powerful approach for reportgeneration.

• Allows users to easily navigate through the data interactivelyto provide deeper insight and understanding - analyzingdata in this way makes it much easier to compare andcontrast different groups of employees —by location, by role,by manager, by salary, by age, by performance review rating,and more.

• Pre-defined paths guide managers to navigate the rich poolof employee data to find the information they need tosupport decisions about the workforce.

Features

IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is a new class ofanalytic application - simply configured, not laboriouslycustomized at great cost and delay.

• All configuration changes —during initial deployment andsubsequently—are automatically retained in a softwaremodel. This ensures that the solution is upgradeable, withyour unique changes preserved across both HRMS andanalytic application updates.

• Analytic applications that are configurable are quick todeploy and can easily evolve to meet changing businessneeds. That means you earn a return on your investmentsooner and significantly reduce the total cost ofownership.

Helps HR become a stronger strategic asset within yourorganization.

• Align staffing needs with strategic goals, identify and retainthe right people, align compensation and headcount planswith corporate priorities, and better face the workforcechallenges of the next decade.

IBM Cognos 8 Workforce Performance


IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

Analytic Accelerator Program

This solution couples leading business intelligence technology fromCognos with strategic consulting services from Cognos Products:the Infohrm Group to help organizations make informed decisions about their human capital practices. IBM Cognos 8Workforce

PerformanceValue Proposition: The Infohrm Group helps organizations measure the impact of human capital initiatives and drive business results throughworkforce reporting, workforce planning, and human capital analytics solutions. IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance, an analytical application forbusiness intelligence, helps HR better face the workforce challenges of the next decade and become a stronger strategic asset within theorganization.

Marrying IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance with strategic insights and research from Infohrm provides a powerful, low-risk solution. As your owninsights and experience with IBM analytics matures —with guidance from Infohrm—Workforce Performance will grow with you.Key features: Analytics Accelerator from Infohrm is a suite of consulting services designed to help you derive maximum value from your Cognos 8Workforce Performance investment. This program helps HR organizations accelerate their journey from reactive service provider to true proactivebusiness partner driving business decisions. Start with simple guidance on using analytics and move to detailed research focused on your particularorganization and challenges. Components of the program are tightly integrated to provide a coherent, fast-track approach to help you get valuableinsights into your workforce.

The program includes:

• Workforce AnalyticsWorkshop• Analytic Insight Reports• Annual Executive Briefing• Metrics, Reporting and Analytics Utilization Advisory Service• Human Capital Networking Opportunities

InfoHRM Solution


INFOHRM SOLUTIONS

Cognos and its partners provide the Office of Finance with unprecedented visibility into current and projected operating results.offering complete control over the levers and drivers of financial performance.

Our solutions for finance offices include:

Finance Solutions

IBM Financial Planning FinancialPlanning

WorldwideIn today’s challenging environment, Finance organizationsaspire to simultaneously deliver insight into growth,performance and risk. This Solution enables Finance andthe business to focus on and deliver the right informationand plans to run the business in a personalized manner,and then to use this information to provide insight anddevelop value. The enhanced Solution blends Cognos’sindustry-leading Planning software and PlanningBlueprints with IBM GBS’s industry and best-practicesaccelerators for Financial Planning and Analysis.

Deloitte DeloitteAdvantageClose, Consolidate,ReportPerformanceBlueprint

OOF BlueprintWorldwideIBM CognosController

The Deloitte Close, Consolidate and Report PerformanceBlueprint allows companies to quickly address gaps andweaknesses in the financial close process, make focusedinvestments and optimize the use of technology. TheBlueprint was co-developed with Deloitte. In order forcustomers to access the blueprint, they must work withDeloitte and the blueprint will be available as part of theoverall services component.

QSP AsiaPacific

QSP FinancialsManager

FinancialManagementInformation

APACIBM Cognos 8BI

QSP Financials Manager is a financial managementinformation system for large organizations includinggovernment agencies and financial services providers.

RedwoodAnalytics

RedwoodBudgeting

BudgetingNorth AmericaRedwood Budgeting is a budgeting application for CFOs.

Revelwood Inc Revelwood’s BPMSuite

FinancialPlanning


Revelwood’s BPM Suite is an out-of-the-box solution forenterprise financial planning and reporting running entirelyon the Cognos TM1platform. It allows TM1customers toget up and running with a BPM solution for finance thatleverages the best of TM1’s real-time OLAP functionality,along with best practices developed from Revelwood’syears of experience developing such solutions for itsFortune 1000 and mid-market client base.




The DeloitteAdvantage Close,Consolidate,Report PerformanceBlueprint (CCR) combines process and technology into one best-in-class system for the financial close. It involves the application offinancial controls embedded in a solution jointly developed byCognos andDeloitte.The Blueprint embodies a step-by-stepsolution that helps companies quickly apply best practices forfinancial controls and optimize the closing process.

Each step in financial close is mapped to the appropriate controlactivities.Overall, 30 regulatory control objectives linked to theframework established by the Committee of SponsoringOrganizations of theTreadway Commission (COSO) are itemizedand identified based on Deloitte’s extensive knowledge andexperience.

Deloitte has broad knowledge of risk and controls,gained fromassisting hundreds of companies with their readiness efforts andfrom providing advice to thousands of public audit clients.Thisexpertise is what really gives the solution the “DeloitteAdvantage.”The controls you will seemapped against CCR activities in thefollowing example are 1) process controls, 2) application controls,and 3) DeloitteAdvantage control solutions.

Benefits

• It provides a roadmap to an implementation of a consolidationsystem, including the necessary process and applicationcontrols

• It provides sufficient documentation for the CCR process,which can be used by a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance auditorwithout significant further effort from client resources

• It identifies key controls in the CCR process and reduces therisk of material misstatements infinancial reporting

• Increased use of automated controlsprovides greater data integrity andsaves Sarbanes-Oxley resourcecosts and team effort for testing

• And finally, streamlining the CCRprocess according to best practicesand control activities can ultimatelyshorten the close cycle

Architecture

At the beginning of each close cycle, a set of maintenancesteps determine the impact of any changes made during theperiod. This may include acquisitions or dispositions ofsubsidiaries, changes in ownership, changes in consolidationrules or accounting policies, changes in subsidiary chart ofaccount mapping to the consolidation entity, or changes tosecurity.

Here is an example of how the Performance Blueprintleverages process controls, application controls, andDeloitteAdvantage enhanced controls:

1. A regulatory control objective (shown in light blue), basedon the COSO framework, must be achieved at this stage.In this example, the objective is: “Consolidation packagesreceived from subsidiaries must accurately reflect theunderlying financial records at each subsidiary.”

2. A process control (green) to achieve this objectivemaintains a checklist that includes all subsidiary charts ofaccount mappings to the consolidation entity. Anapplication control in Cognos Controller enables the userto lock account structures and prevent data from beingentered for non-existent accounts or subsidiaries.

3. A DeloitteAdvantage control (dark blue) includes a signoffon the accuracy and completeness of the numberssubmitted by the subsidiary. This may involve creatingreports to be reviewed and signed off for audit purposes.

Deloitte Close, Consolidate and ReportPerformance Blueprint



QSP Financials Manager is a large-scale FMIS of unsurpassedspeed, capacity, and flexibility. This is complimented by deeplyintegrated Cognos reports and analytics to providetransparency to management.

• Cognos represents the face of the solution to users. Itprovides non-technical and non-accounting managementwith complete transparency into processes, performance,and resources managed in the system.

• Our Cognos development provides diverse enterprisereporting such as financial ratios and KPIs, varianceanalysis, debtor analysis, project cost tracking, and emaildistribution of forms.All residing within a centralizedCorporate Information Centre.

• TheWeb of Browsable Business Content is our mostrecent addition. It’s a newspaper-style summary offinancial status, significant components, and processingper business unit. Most descriptions can be drilledthrough for summary reports and most numbers can bebrowsed for full transactional detail.

• By using Cognos, we are able to unlock the fulldescription and significance of transactions that originatefrom enterprise systems.Allowing financial transactions tobe viewed in the context of the source systems makesthem more meaningful for non-technical business users.

Benefits

• Financial insight isaccessible to management

• Full transparency into eachfinancial transaction; notjust to system accountants

• Tangible link to non-financial systems for moreactionable information

• Flexible, adaptable system

• Full corporate performance management capability

Features

• Powerful, easy-to-use report formatting capabilities

• Ability to combine content intuitively, thanks to a businessquery model

• Financial presentations easily place able into PowerPoint

• Clients can tailor the solution without affecting the integrityof the process or content

• The simple user interface covers all reporting functions;users in general management positions use it with minimaltraining

• The user interface consistently presents data from manysystems, not just QSP

• Reporting and analytics easily reference, incorporate, anddrill through to full sets of data from linked systems withoutheavy integration

• The suite spans analytics for GL receivables andpayables. Includes over 40 highly flexible reports such asCash flow Projections, Project Tracking, Open ItemsReports, Fixed Assets, and Aged Debt.

• QSP comes with data integration technology, making iteasy to load budgets from Cognos Planning

Architecture

• The solution architecture is n-tier. The QSP user interface isJava or HTML client. The client communicates with theFMIS, which in turn works with a relational database server.

• The Cognos portion of the solution has been developedand refined over six years of business intelligencedevelopment by QSP. It is available for various versions ofthe Cognos platform.The Cognos infrastructure leveragesQSP’s highly optimized structure of detail and summarytables to ensure figures are always up to date and readilyavailable.

• Hierarchies and options from the FMIS system are used inCognos modeling to ensure consistency of all structures.The GL cube is highly robust and fully faithful to the QSPsystem structures.

• All reports are defined based on our meta-layer, whichmakes construction of queries and definition of reportcontent both reliable and simple. The highly detailed,intuitive, Plain English description of the system of recordhas been created through use of QSP’s own repository.

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence allows shipping andmaintenance of a master version of the core meta-layer, whichcan be extended and tailored by the client in a separate layerusing the model segmentation features of FrameworkManager.

QSP Financials Manager



Redwood Budgeting is a flexible, tailored solution that CFOscan use to plan and model every aspect of their financial andoperational performance.Working with each firm’s financeteam, Redwood creates and implements a real-timecollaborative budgeting solution. The application allows firmsto make strategic business decisions based on complete,accurate, and timely financial information.

Your organization can replace a cumbersome spreadsheetenvironment with distributed, easy-to-useWeb templates forexpense planning.As well, you can perform variance analysis,reporting, and frequent forecasts, while reducing the timespent in the overall effort. Redwood has developed theindustry-leading revenue model to project accrual, hours-based budgets into cash forecasts using historical patterns asits basis.

For those looking to build on and develop further templates,the application integrates with Redwood’s data warehouseand powerful underlying technology. The platform can readilyexpand as your organization’s processes and needs evolve.

Redwood Analytics provides comprehensive businessintelligence solutions for the professional services industry.Wecombine sophisticated software applications and content frombest-practices management models that can be configured tosuit the needs of our clients.

Benefits

Redwood Budgeting assists CFOs who are looking for atraditional budgeting system as well as those looking for asophisticated and flexible modeling tool. The solution isengineered to deliver the following:

• Core efficiencies: Integration with core systems and Excel-like interface to leverage existing skills and knowledge.

• Controlled flexibility: A simple starting point with the powerto expand as your process evolves.

• Real-time planning: Immediate flow from input to results.

• Collaboration:Web-based distributed templates andworkflow management tools.

• Beyond budgeting: Best-of-breed forecasting andmodeling engine.

• Improves your bottom line: Rapid value realization andhigh return on investment.

Architecture

Redwood’s analytic platform leverages Cognos software.Wefind Cognos has the technology to provide true OLAPfunctionality, which allows users to “slice and dice” throughtheir data with ease. In addition, the cubes can be separatedfrom the data warehouse, so they are portable and can becarried around on a laptop.

Redwood Budgeting



Revelwood’s Business Performance Management (BPM) Suiteis an out-of-the-box solution for enterprise financial planningand reporting, running on the Cognos TM1platform. It allowsTM1customers to get up and running with a BPM solution forfinance. The solution leverages the best of TM1’s real-timeOLAP functionality, along with best practices developed fromRevelwood’s years of experience developing such solutionsfor its Fortune 1000 and mid-market client base.

At its core the BPM Suite allows complete planning andreporting for P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and other non-financial metrics. It includes modules that support revenueand expense planning, line item detail, staff planning, capitalplanning, allocations, currency translation, and more.

The BPM Suite also includes a set of enablers for personalizedmenus and navigation, data management, and enhancedreporting and data collection template development. The endresult is a flexible, customizable and finance-ownedapplication that is best-practices based and accelerates therapid implementation times TM1 is known for.

Benefits

• Runs entirely on the IBM Cognos TM1platform.

• Integrates budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning,financial reporting, and operational analysis into a single,finance-owned solution.

• Built on customer-driven best practices developed fromover 100 client implementations.

• Addresses typical needs of a mid-large sizedorganization’s financial planning and reporting processes.

• Includes pre-built models, processes, business logic,workflow, templates, and reports to streamline theimplementation process.

• Fully adaptable to any organization; no two clientimplementations are alike.

• Offers a suite of tools for end users and administrators thatprovides enhanced functionality, speed and ease-of-use—enabling business users to work smarter and faster.

• Ensures a high degree of end user participation in thebudgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.

• Provides management visibility into business performanceproblem areas, and enables streamlined communicationand the ability to take quick, corrective action.

• Supports the direction toward a highly adapted rollingforecast business process.

Features

• Core financial data model that supports a complete chartof accounts (financial and non-financial).

• Operating expense and line item detail planning, withcommentary collection.

• Staff planning by named employee or employeegroups/grade levels.

• Capital planning by project and asset type with automateddepreciation calculations for future purchases.

• Flexible, driver-based revenue planning.

• Comprehensive currency translation.

• Allocations.

• Dashboards and scorecards.

• Customizable portals and personalized application menusand navigation.

• Enhanced reporting and template development tools.

• Report packaging and distribution.

• Data management and administration tools.

Architecture

Revelwood’s BPM Suite runs on the IBM Cognos TM1platformand fully leverages the TM1Enterprise Server. Features of IBMCognos TM1utilized by the BPM Suite include TM1DatabaseServer, TM1Excel Add-in, TM1Administrator, TM1TurboIntegrator (ETL tool), TM1Workflow, TM1Web (optional), andTM1Executive Viewer (optional).

BPM Suite integrates data from virtually any data source, eitherthrough a direct SQL connection or via a flat file upload usingTM1Turbo Integrator. It supports any database environment oroperating system supported by IBM Cognos TM1.

Revelwood’s BPM Suite



In today’s challenging environment, Finance organizationsaspire to simultaneously deliver insight into growth,performance and risk. Critically, highly effective delivery ofinsight drives revenue growth, sustained performance, andvalue creation.

This Solution enables Finance and the business to focus onand deliver the right information and plans to run the businessin a personalized manner, and then to use this information toprovide insight and develop value.

Solution components include: Enterprise Reporting,Integrated Planning, Dynamic Performance Management,Quality Close, and Retained Finance.

The enhanced Solution blends Cognos’s industry-leadingPlanning software and Planning Blueprints with IBM GBS’sindustry and best-practices accelerators for Financial Planningand Analysis.

Financial Planning

IBM-Cognos Business Intelligence Report Factory Solution

The Business Intelligence Report Factory Solution is a business intelligence (BI) standardization solution leveraging IBM Cognos Products:IBM’s global delivery capabilities. IBM Cognos 8 BI;

IBM Cognos 8 EP

Value Proposition: Implement a standard BI platform across the organization. Expedite BI delivery and lower cost of migration and conversion services.

Key features: Accelerators and frameworks, BI project methodology, BI analytical framework, BI technical reference architecture.



IODInfrastructureAccelerationServices

Information onDemand

WorldwideThis GTS service is helping clients design and implement high performance and scalablemiddleware infrastructure that support IOD solutions. These services leverage IBM’s asset-basedbest practices and methodologies to quickly and cost-effectively deploy a highly available,reliable dynamic data warehouse solution that includes services, software and hardware.Allowing clients to make better informed decision making more quickly, with less risk providing afaster path to a return on their investment.

BalancedWarehouse withIBM Cognos 8BI

BalancedWarehouse

WorldwideCognos 8 BI will now be included in the C-Class BalancedWarehouse offerings, which providepre-tested, scalable and fully-integrated system components of IBM data warehouse software,server and storage technologies. The C-Class BalancedWarehouses offer small and medium-sized businesses an unprecedented, simplified and complete solution for integrating andmaintaining multiple data and information resources in a scalable and versatile data warehouse.

BI-PoweredBPM

FileNet &WPSWorldwideSample templates for leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BI content to support user decisions or automateprocesses in IBM FileNet P8 BPM andWebSphere Process Server (WPS); Events engine to initiateprocesses in IBM FileNet P8 BPM orWPS based on IBM Cognos 8 scorecard thresholds,including predicted violations.

Data Integration& Quality forCognos 8 BI

InformationServer

WorldwideIBM Information Server data quality, ETL and metadata pre-integrated with IBM Cognos 8 BI andData Manager; Metadata integration provides lineage from report to data source; IBM Cognos 8Data Manager continues to be available stand alone for basic data mart loading. Data integrationand quality offerings from other vendors will continue to be supported.

Data MobilityServices

Data MobilityWorldwideIBM DataMobility (Softek) services help clients establish an effective datamobility infrastructure andstrategy,while providing a simple and unified approach tomoving data on-line — over any distance,regardless of server platform or storage array vendor.These servicesmitigate operational risk withoutimpacting application performance and SLAs to satisfy business continuity plans.As a result, customerscanmanage growthmore effectively,migrate data on-line and reduce the need for migration windows.

IBM FileNetComplianceWarehouse

ComplianceWarehouse

WorldwideThe ComplianceWarehouse brings together a secure content repository, records management,content and e-mail archiving, and classification capabilities, combined with Tivoli governancesoftware and IBM storage hardware to provide a pre-configured solution for reducing informationrisk and optimizing compliance and legal processes. This offering will also leverage Cognostechnology for monitoring, reporting and analysis of compliance related content and processes.

SOLUTION DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIES FOCUS

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Portal-basedActionableDashboards

WebSpherePortal

WorldwideTheWebSphere Portal Dashboard Accelerator extends value of IBM Cognos 8 by allowing BIdata to combine seamlessly with other transactional, collaborative or operational content; A newCognos “builder” enables IBM Cognos BI data to be easily embedded into aWebSphere Portalapplication at a fraction of the development cost; IBM Cognos 8 “starter pack” will be bundledwithWebSphere Portal Dashboard Accelerator; WebSphere Portal Dashboard Accelerator“starter pack” will be bundled with IBM Cognos 8 BI.

Data Solutions

Data solutions are built with our Global Technology Alliance partners to accelerate deployment in particular data environments.


DATA SOLUTIONS

IBM Cognos 8Report Pack forSiebel CRM

SiebelWorldwideExtend the value of your current enterprise investments by providing business users with theability to combine in one report or dashboard, historic data from the data warehouse with currentdata in Siebel CRM without additional coding.

Reporting andDashboards forInfoSphereWarehouse

InfoSphereWarehouse

WorldwideBundling IBM Cognos 8 “starter pack” with IBM InfoSphereWarehouse; includes limited license ofIBM InfoSphereWarehouse with IBM Cognos 8; provides increased optimization and integrationbetween IBM InfoSphereWarehouse and IBM Cognos 8.

StorageOptimizationServices

StorageWorldwideThese services enable the design, implementation and operation of a highly efficient storage anddata infrastructure. These services have been specifically designed to help better integrateexisting storage environments and optimize asset utilization and management efficiencies. Thisincludes methodologies and software to enable organizations to better understand their storageenvironments through an enterprise-wide assessment with reporting on storage utilization, costs,and legal and IT compliance to help customers achieve operational efficiency.

IBM Cognos 8BI Analysis forMicrosoft Excel

MicrosoftWorldwideIBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel provides a way to explore and analyze trusted,secure, multidimensional information from IBM Cognos 8 BI and other data sources in a familiarMicrosoft Excel workspace.

IBM CognosData AdapterforSalesforce.com

Salesforce.com

WorldwideLooking for a fast, easy way to conduct reporting, analysis, scorecarding, dashboards, andbusiness event management with your Salesforce data? IBM Cognos 8 BI, featuring the IBMCognos Data Adapter for Salesforce.com gives your organization the ability to combine this data—along with all your other data housed in your ERP, databases, HR systems, and more— into onetrue picture of profitability.

IBM Cognos 8Report Pack formySAP FI/CO

mySAPWorldwideThe IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for mySAP FI/CO lets you combine historic data from SAP BWwith current data in mySAP in one report or dashboard, without additional coding. More than 60 ofthe most common business reports come pre-defined, providing you with rapid access to mySAPdata. Now, you can deliver the most complete view of your enterprise performance and eliminatethe effort and costs required to build a separate operational reporting system.

SOLUTION DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIES FOCUS


DATA SOLUTIONS

Cognos 8 BI will now be included in the C-Class BalancedWarehouse offerings, which provide pre-tested, scalable andfully-integrated system components of IBM data warehousesoftware, server and storage technologies.

The C-Class BalancedWarehouses offer small and medium-sized businesses an unprecedented, simplified and completesolution for integrating and maintaining multiple data andinformation resources in a scalable and versatile datawarehouse.

Balanced Warehouse with IBM Cognos 8 BI


IBM COGNOS PRODUCT SOLUTION

Sample templates for leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BI content tosupport user decisions or automate processes in IBM FileNetP8 BPM andWebSphere Process Server (WPS); Eventsengine to initiate processes in IBM FileNet P8 BPM orWPSbased on IBM Cognos 8 scorecard thresholds, includingpredicted violations.

BI-Powered BPM



IBM Information Server data quality, ETL and metadatapre-integrated with IBM Cognos 8 BI and Data Manager;Metadata integration provides lineage from report to datasource; IBM Cognos 8 Data Manager continues to beavailable stand alone for basic data mart loading.

Data integration and quality offerings from other vendors willcontinue to be supported.

Data Integration & Quality for Cognos 8 BI



IBM Data Mobility (Softek) services help clients establish aneffective data mobility infrastructure and strategy, whileproviding a simple and unified approach to moving data on-line — over any distance, regardless of server platform orstorage array vendor.

These services mitigate operational risk without impactingapplication performance and SLAs to satisfy businesscontinuity plans.

As a result, customers can manage growth more effectively,migrate data on-line and reduce the need for migrationwindows.

Data mobility projects can bring significant risks, includingdata loss or corruption, damage to data integrity, projectdelays and disruption of production systems. Each of thesechallenges can undercut financial, operational or businessperformance.

IBM Data Mobility Services – helps you address these issuesby providing:

• A comprehensive set of services which span the entirelifecycle of data mobility, inclusive of storage infrastructurediscovery, assessment, design, plan, implementation andvalidation

• Services which are inherently non-disruptive to thebusiness, allowing work to be done without impacting theIT production environment

• Services which can be used across storage platforms,operating system environments, and which can bedelivered as labor-based or software-based solutions

• Services which are applicable to your most criticalprojects including: data center relocation, disasterrecovery, business continuance, regulatory compliancedata protection and archiving, storage consolidation andoptimization and Green Data Center initiatives!

IBM Data Mobility Services make data leverage a reality forcustomers.

Data Mobility Services


IBM COGNOS SERVICES SOLUTION

The ComplianceWarehouse brings together a secure contentrepository, records management, content and e-mail archiving,and classification capabilities, combined with Tivoligovernance software and IBM storage hardware to provide apre-configured solution for reducing information risk andoptimizing compliance and legal processes.

This offering will also leverage Cognos technology formonitoring, reporting and analysis of compliance relatedcontent and processes.

IBM FileNet Compliance Warehouse



This Global Technology Service is helping clients design andimplement high performance and scalable middlewareinfrastructure that support IOD solutions.

These services leverage IBM’s asset-based best practicesand methodologies to quickly and cost-effectively deploy ahighly available, reliable dynamic data warehouse solution thatincludes services, software and hardware.

Allowing clients to make better informed decision makingmore quickly, with less risk providing a faster path to a returnon their investment.

IOD Infrastructure Acceleration Services



TheWebSphere Portal Dashboard Accelerator extends valueof IBM Cognos 8 by allowing BI data to combine seamlesslywith other transactional, collaborative or operational content.

A new Cognos “builder” enables IBM Cognos BI data to beeasily embedded into aWebSphere Portal application at afraction of the development cost.

IBM Cognos 8 “starter pack” will be bundled withWebSpherePortal Dashboard Accelerator; WebSphere Portal DashboardAccelerator “starter pack” will be bundled with IBM Cognos 8BI.

Portal-based Actionable Dashboards



Bundling IBM Cognos 8 “starter pack” with IBM InfoSphereWarehouse.

Includes limited license of IBM InfoSphereWarehouse withIBM Cognos 8

Provides increased optimization and integration between IBMInfoSphereWarehouse and IBM Cognos 8.

Reporting and Dashboards for InfoSphere Warehouse



These services enable the design, implementation andoperation of a highly efficient storage and data infrastructure.

These services have been specifically designed to help betterintegrate existing storage environments and optimize assetutilization and management efficiencies.

This includes methodologies and software to enableorganizations to better understand their storage environmentsthrough an enterprise-wide assessment with reporting onstorage utilization, costs, and legal and IT compliance to helpcustomers achieve operational efficiency.

Storage Optimization Services



IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel provides a wayto explore and analyze trusted, secure, multidimensionalinformation from IBM Cognos 8 BI and other data sources in afamiliar Microsoft Excel workspace.

Built for use with existing versions of Microsoft Excel, IBMCognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel extends Cognos’support for Microsoft Office, and joins solutions already inplace for IBM Cognos 8 Controller and IBM Cognos 8Planning— two important data sources for IBM Cognos 8 BI. Asa result, it provides the ability to perform ad-hoc analysis ofplanning and financial data, and to combine this informationwith other trusted data sources.

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel augments IBMCognos 8 Go! Office, which allows users to view andconsume existing BI content in Microsoft Word, MicrosoftPowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel.With IBM Cognos 8 BIAnalysis for Microsoft Excel, analysts can develop new BIcontent in Excel through exploration and analysis.

The results of exploration can be used as the basis for abroader distribution of information within IBM Cognos 8 BI’sother proven reporting and analysis capabilities.

Benefits and Features

Easy to use

• Seamless integration with Excel for a managed view ofinformation in a single interface.

• Self-service, so that business does not depend on IT.

Complete

• Leverage all Excel features, including formulas andcalculations.

• Include data from heterogeneous sources, includingplanning, consolidation, and dimensionally modeledrelational data.

Flexible and reliable

• Reuse results in other worksheets and other parts of IBMCognos 8 BI.

• Real-time connection to BI data and automatic refresh foraccuracy and reliability.

• Data from the trusted IBM Cognos 8 BI foundation ensuresconsistency, transparency, and compliance.

Access to BI for more users

• Extends the use of IBM Cognos 8 BI data to a new andfamiliar working environment.

• Encourages user adoption and standardization ofbusiness intelligence throughout the enterprise.

Benefits for IT

• Leverages the single security framework and provenWeb-services based services-oriented architecture of IBMCognos 8 BI.

• No proprietary data limitations.

• Fewer applications and solutions to maintain.

IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excel


IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

IBM Cognos 8 BI, featuring the IBM Cognos Data Adapter forSalesforce.com gives your organization the ability to combinethis data—along with all your other data housed in your ERP,databases, HR systems, and more— into one true picture ofprofitability.

The IBM Cognos Data Adapter for Salesforce.com allows yourorganization to:

• Incorporate all your critical information into one system.

• Combine Salesforce data with other data sources.

• View current and historical data about customers side-by-side.

• Reconcile data across systems to gain complete view ofcustomers.

• Use snapshots of Salesforce data for time-period analysis.

• Supplement data warehouse data with up-to-the-minuteinformation.

• Enhance Salesforce reporting with a full breadth of BIcapabilities not otherwise available.

The IBM Cognos Data Adapter for Salesforce.com can beused to access all Salesforce CRM solution modules includingSales Force Automation, Marketing Automation, CustomerService & Support, Partner Relationship Management,Analytics, and custom applications built on the Apex platform.The IBM Cognos Data Adapter for Salesforcel.com leverages

only Salesforce-approved interfaces andWeb interfaces sothere is no need to request modifications to your existingSalesforce environment.

The full functionality of IBM Cognos 8 BI combined withSalesforce data offers a true performance managementinsight to the business, while being easy to deploy, maintain,and update for IT. Business users gain real competitiveadvantage with the ability to:

• Conduct self-service BI authoring: Enable business userswith reports, graphs, analysis, scorecards, anddashboards that combine Salesforce and other currentand historical data sources.With IBM Cognos 8 BI theyhave all the functionality and ease of use to answer theirown unique questions without IT intervention or time-consuming customization.

• Derive fresh perspectives: Enable users to create newviews of Salesforce data that crosses module boundaries,combines data from disparate tables, and derivescalculations to gain new insights that are not possiblethrough standard Salesforce reporting.

• Work with information wherever they are: Deliver businessintelligence reports, Salesforce information, and other datato business users in their familiar environments, includingtheir salesforce.com portal, Microsoft Office, search andmobile devices.

IBM Cognos Data Adapter for Salesforce.com


IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

The IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for mySAP FI/CO lets you—forthe first time—combine historic data from SAP BWwith currentdata in mySAP in one report or dashboard, without additionalcoding.

More than 60 of the most common business reports comepre-defined, providing you with rapid access to mySAP data.Now, you can deliver the most complete view of yourenterprise performance and eliminate the effort and costsrequired to build a separate operational reporting system.

Leverage the value of your SAP applications

When you choose Cognos, an IBM company, for your SAPdata, you get software and solutions that:

• Deliver a complete performance management solution.

• Leverage all data and IT infrastructures.

• Are SAP version-independent.

• Enable self-service report authoring for everyday users.

• Are available and proven to deliver value today.

Benefits

• Save time

• Save money

• Deliver results

• Distribute SAP data tomore users more quickly

• See an immediateimpact

Features

IBM Cognos 8 Report Packs go beyond basic connectivity tooffer many project advantages, including:

• Combine information, on-demand: IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence with IBM Cognos 8 Report Packslets you combine data from mySAP, SAP BW, and otherdata sources (relational and OLAP) from across yourorganization.

• Speed: delivered out-of-the box with IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence, reducing the need for customcoding.

• Vendor-approved interface: access data through an SAP-certified interface. There is no need to adapt or modifyyour existing implementation.

• Simplicity: use a simple, visual environment for reportdevelopment. No coding required. Enable self-service forbusiness users.

• Lower risk: reduce the need for expensive, specializedresources. Lower the time, cost, and risk of developingpowerful and data-rich applications.

• Support IT standards: IBM Cognos 8 Report Packsadhere to the security and business logic of underlyingapplications.

• Robust performance, minimal impact: The IBM CognosData Adapter for Intelligent ERP ensures controlled accessto your systems to limit impact and ensure continuedoptimal performance. Report distribution through IBMCognos 8 Business Intelligence ensures robustperformance

IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for mySAP FI/CO


IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

Extend the value of your current enterprise investments byproviding business users with the ability to combine in onereport or dashboard, historic data from the data warehousewith current data in Siebel CRM without additional coding.Combining IBM Cognos 8 BI and IBM Cognos 8 Report Packsallows you to:

• Achieve the most complete view of enterpriseperformance while eliminating costs and effort required forseparate operational reporting projects.

• Deliver pre-defined content for more than 60 commonlyused reports to provide immediate access to Siebel datawithin a business context.

• The IBM Cognos Data Adapter provides one-clickconnectivity into Siebel, delivering secure and trustedpathways to build additional reports. The IBM Cognos 8Report Packs and IBM Cognos Data Adapter extendunderlying functionality provided by Composite Software.

Combining IBM Cognos 8 Report Packs and IBM Cognos 8 BIhelps your organization create a performance managementplatform that is:

SimpleAll BI capabilities in IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence arebuilt on a singleWeb services architecture. You can easilyintegrate BI capabilities with Siebel and your other existingtechnology assets.

• Deploy one product on a single, standards-basedarchitecture for all of your business intelligence needs.

• Add capabilities or modify them at any time to meetchanging business conditions and user needs.

• Provide everyone across your organization with a single,trusted source for information.

• Eliminate the management and maintenance of duplicateservices such as security.

• Centralized metadata model lets you apply consistentbusiness rules, calculations, and dimensions to your data.

CompleteIBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence provides Siebel userswith the full range of BI capabilities necessary to improvedecision-making.

• Serve all users with information and BI capabilities thatmatch their needs. Connect disparate data systems todeliver a common business view of your data.

• Apply consistent business rules, dimensions, andcalculations to data for a complete, consistent view of anybusiness issue.

ProvenIBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence is built on a provenarchitecture. Use the complete capabilities of IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence against your Siebel data:

• Reporting and Interactive Dashboards

• Active Scorecarding

• Business Event Management

IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for Siebel CRM


IBM COGNOS SOLUTION

Functional performance blueprints are built by the Innovation Center and are segmented by their product focus into the two (2)categories of Enterprise Planning and Financial Management and Control

Functional Performance Blueprints

Integrated FinancialStatements PerformanceBlueprint (formerly StrategicFinancial Planning andForecasting)

FunctionalPerformanceBlueprint

EnterprisePlanning

Aligns financial objectives to synchronize and coordinate operational plans acrossthe enterprise. It updates financial statements, including Income Statement, BalanceSheet and Statement of Cash Flow in real-time as financial and operational driversare updated.

Allocations PlanningPerformance Blueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Allows cost-center managers to allocate all or part of their expenses to theappropriate profit centers. Profit-center managers collaborate with cost-centermanagers to either accept or reject the proposed allocations.

Capital Project PlanningPerformance Blueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Manages capital project requests, their justification, and the capital requestapproval process.

Discretionary CapitalExpenditure PlanningPerformance Blueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Facilitates planning for capital spending, while ensuring that projects adhere toestablished corporate guidelines.

Expense Planning andControl PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Uses projections from planning systems or other Blueprints, as well as actualhistory, to drive budgeting and expense planning processes.

Initiative PlanningPerformance Blueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Uses projections from other Blueprints or planning systems as well as actual historyto drive labor or capital expense planning for new initiatives.

Risk Analysis PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Enables a corporation to analyze and assess risks associated with futureperformance, and quantify risk mitigation strategies.

Sales CompensationPlanning PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Enables organizations to manage compensation targets and commission payouts,archive historical data and previous projections for reference and analysis, and linksales compensation plans with headcount projections and integrated financials.

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PRODUCT BLUEPRINTSOLUTION DESCRIPTION FOCUS TYPE

Strategic FinancePerformance Blueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Provides a complete performance management framework for strategic financial plan-ning. It supports a systematic,Web-based process for evaluating long-range plans andstrategies, analyzing scenarios, supporting decisionmaking, andmonitoring success.Long-term strategic financial planning helps companies establish performance targetsand guide resource allocations for operational plans and budgets across the enterprise.

Sales Planning andForecasting PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Enables organizations to manage revenues, archive historical data and previousprojections for reference and analysis, and integrate the sales planning process intosupply chain forecasts, headcount projections, sales compensation planning, andintegrated financials.


Strategic Long RangePlanning PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Uses projections from the Integrated Financial Statements Blueprint (formerlyStrategic Financial Planning and Forecasting) and the Initiative Planning Blueprintsto assess the impact of market growth factors and strategic initiatives on corporateP/L projections over a five-year period.

Workforce PlanningPerformance Blueprint(formerly referred to asHeadcount andCompensation Planning)


EnterprisePlanning

Provides forward-looking visibility into workforce decisions at both the divisional andcompany levels. Headcount projections can then be leveraged as drivers in otherplanning processes.

Workforce ResourceManagement PerformanceBlueprint


EnterprisePlanning

Enables front-line managers to align worker staffing and scheduling with businessdrivers. It is short-term in scope, but highly detailed.

Group Consolidation andCorporate ReportingPerformance Blueprint


FinancialManagementand Control

Streamlines the close, consolidate, and reporting process. It keeps reportingnumbers for European IFRS in one place, in the same format, for faster, more reliablemanagement and regulatory reporting.

Management and FinancialReporting PerformanceBlueprint


FinancialManagementand Control

Helps increase efficiency in the financial consolidation process. It provides timelydistribution of performance reports to business managers, who are oftenunderserved with the performance information critical for decision-making.And itprovides a seamless, integrated approach to leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence with IBM Cognos 8 Controller.

PRODUCT BLUEPRINTSOLUTION DESCRIPTION FOCUS TYPE


The Cognos Innovation Center leads the way in translatingproven best practices in performance management intopractical, easily implemented solutions. Our IBM CognosPerformance Blueprints are pre-defined data, process, andpolicy models that help organizations speed their softwaredeployments and drive faster return on investment.

Our large and growing suite of IBM Cognos PerformanceBlueprints has been developed in collaboration with top-performing customers and performance managementexperts. The Blueprints address a number of essentialfunctional process areas as well as the unique needs ofspecific industries. In addition, Blueprints can be linkedtogether, allowing companies to establish dynamicconnections that keep strategic objectives, operational plans,people, and activities aligned as business conditions change.

IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints enable companies to:

• Coordinate financial and operational planning.

• Improve forecast reliability and make better resourceallocations.

• Quickly deploy an integrated, dynamic planning process.

• Streamline project implementation schedules and reducerisk.

• Reduce the total cost of ownership.

IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints are also the importantfirst step from technology to a mature vision of performancemanagement, which is embodied in the Cognos PerformanceManagement Roadmap.The Blueprints offer the means torapidly extend best practices across the enterprise, and forgemore effective connections between strategy and execution.

The following pages highlight each of the PerformanceBlueprints that have been created.

Putting Best Practices into Action


IBM COGNOS PERFORMANCE BLUEPRINTS

This Blueprint allows cost-center managers to allocate all orpart of their expenses to the appropriate profit centers. Profit-center managers collaborate with cost-center managers toeither accept or reject the proposed allocations.


The Allocations Blueprint achieves anumber of planning objectives:

• Manages expenses by assigning(allocating) them to the appropriateprofit centers.

• Demonstrates a collaborativeenvironment to allocate expensesequitably based upon both historicalpatterns and user input from both cost-center managersand profit-center managers.

• Consolidates expenses allowing for seamless planning.

• Links expense projections between departments so as toassign expense to appropriate profit centers.

• Demonstrates IBM Cognos 8 Planning Contributor toContributor Administration links.

• Uses IBM Cognos 8 Planning system links functionality.

• Demonstrates internal transfer planning capabilities.

• Demonstrates the use of macros within an IBM Cognos 8Planning PAD (Planning Application Domain).

Cost-Center-to-Profit-Center Allocations Snapshot

This workflow illustrates how a cost-center manager wouldpropose a set of expense allocations to a variety of profitcenters.


IBM Cognos Allocations PlanningPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint manages capital project requests, theirjustification, and the capital request approval process. It iscritical that tactical capital project decisions made at thedivisional level be aligned with corporate strategy andobjectives.When a cost-center manager or project ownermakes a capital project request, the requested amount maybe adjusted either up or down by management or finance, therequest may be rejected in its entirety, or the timing of therequest may be adjusted either sooner or later in the planningcycle to meet corporate spending guidelines or facilitate cashflow considerations. This Blueprint facilitates capital projectexpenditures planning over a two-year cycle. The cycle maybe adjusted as needed to meet specific forward-looking clientneeds.


The Capital Project Planning Blueprint meets anumber of objectives:

• Captures all capital project requests within asingle view.

• Consolidates all capital requests to allow forbig picture planning.

• Calculates “behind-the-scenes” depreciationfor all approved requests using companyguidelines.

• Provides management with justification foreach capital request.

• Facilitates assessments based on capital request prioritiesand risk

• Demonstrates the capability to manipulate the timing ofcapital expenditures

Justification Snapshot

The first Blueprint tab, Justification, is where the process ofrequesting a major capital project or resource begins. Afterentering a brief description of the expenditure, a user entersinformation towards justifying the request. There are fourpoints of text data entry and nine drop-down selectionsincluding selection of the asset class and month of impact.The four text data entry items are:

• Describe Problem A brief description of the need for thisexpenditure.

• Primary Benefit A brief description of the benefits to berealized.

• Expected Impact A percentage return on the expenditure.

• IT Man-hours The number of estimated IT worker-hoursneeded.


IBM Cognos Capital Project PlanningPerformance Blueprint



Capital spending is often one of the largest expense lines in acompany’s profit and loss statement. At the corporate level,maximum effort is required to adequately manage and controldiscretionary capital spending. This Blueprint from Cognos, anIBM company, facilitates planning for capital spending, whileadhering to established corporate guidelines. In theDiscretionary Capital Expenditure Blueprint, spending limitsare established by Asset Class. For example, cost centermanagers may have a spending limit of $7500 for items likefurniture and fixtures, but for computer equipment or software,the limit increases to $10,000. Though in this blueprintthresholds are the same for all users, they could be modifiedso that different users have different limits. By making a fewsimple choices, spending is controlled and depreciation iscalculated within corporate guidelines.


The Discretionary Capital Expenditure Blueprint meets anumber of planning objectives:

• Manages discretionary capital spending at the cost centerlevel

• Allows consolidated views of spending across multiplecost centers

• Calculates depreciation for capital spending items withincorporate guidelines

• Allows spending within pre-defined parameters

Capital Spending Snapshot

The first tab,Capital Spending, is the initial input tab fordiscretionary capital spending. The first column, “CapitalExpenditure Description”, is used to describe actualexpenditures. A drop-down list provides the “Asset Class” forthis purchase.


IBM Cognos Discretionary Capital ExpenditurePlanning Performance Blueprint



Aside from revenue, expenses are typically the main focus ofcorporate profit and loss statements. At the corporate level,maximum effort is made to manage expenses and setspending guidelines, while at the divisional level, linemanagers make expense decisions to optimize efficiency andproductivity. Forward-looking collaboration must occur so thatdivisional decisions are aligned with strategic and tacticalcorporate goals. This Blueprint, was created using thecollective experience and applied best practices of thousandsof Cognos customers around the world.


The following planning, budgeting, and forecastingobjectives are achieved using the Expense Planning andControl Blueprint:

• Manage expenses based upon drivers andhistorically reliable rates.

• Allocate expenses equitably based upon historicalpatterns or drivers such as headcount over a certainnumber of periods.

• Consolidate expenses enabling seamless expenseplanning.

• Link salary and headcount projections as drivers forcertain expense accounts in the plan.

• Currency planning and conversion capabilities.

• Internal transfer planning capabilities.

Drivers Snapshot Application Brief

On the first tab, Drivers are stored by month, cost center, andversion. They are used on the Expense Detail tab. Theselection on the Expense Detail tab causes the appropriatedriver to be linked over to Driver Based Calc and thenproperly calculated in real time. The Drivers tab is forinformational purposes and is used in calculating driver-basedexpenses; no selections or changes are allowed on this tab.


IBM Cognos Expense Planning and ControlPerformance Blueprint



Expenses associated with a labor- or capital-intensive initiativeor project can form a large part of a company’s expense andcapital expenditure base. This Blueprint allows projectmanagers to plan from a financial perspective by selectingresources required, determining other project expenses, andforecasting capital expenditures. For example, a projectmanager in charge of a Corporate Performance Management(CPM) software implementation can select resources from adropdown list by function, by resource type (for determiningthe cost and time spent on the project), and by time period.The Blueprint calculates the cost of these resources over theappropriate timeframe. The project manager also determinesby year other project costs, which are allocated based onheadcount profile. The ability to adjust these costs monthly isprovided. Capital expenditures associated with the project canalso be input. These in turn feed the IBM Cognos CapitalProject Planning Blueprint in order to determine depreciationand cash impact. Non-capital expenses such as rentals feedthe IBM Cognos Expense Planning and Control Blueprint. ThisBlueprint allows for the inclusion of financial benefits likerevenue generation or expense reduction along with themonth such benefits start. The Blueprint calculates theproject’s Net Present Value and Payback Period. Financialbenefits feed the IBM Cognos Strategic Long Range PlanningBlueprint, enabling executive management to see the impacton revenue and profits over a five-year horizon. The IBMCognos Initiative Planning Blueprint requires very little inputfrom the user, yet returns a great deal of information.


The IBM Cognos Initiative Planning Blueprint achieves thefollowing planning objectives:

• Manage resources by assigning them to projects.

• Allocate expenses and capital expenditure to projects.

• Consolidate projects to provide a total company view.

Required Return on Capital Snapshot

Controlled by the system administrator, this tab allows theproject manager to review the corporate return on capitalrequirements. Best practice is to require a higher return asproject risk increases.


IBM Cognos InitiativePlanning Performance Blueprint



Whether undertaking an annual operating plan or a rollingforecast process, few companies challenge businessmanagers to assess the risks associated with theirassumptions, the consequent bottom-line impact should theseassumptions prove inaccurate, and the possible strategies tomitigate the consequences.

The Risk Analysis Blueprint enables corporationsto challenge business managers to assess thelevel of risk associated with their business plansand assumptions. Business risk is categorizedby risk type such as Financial Risk, Brand Risk,and Customer Risk, which are then furtherdivided by risk type such as Currency Risk underthe Financial Risk category— one particulardivision may have a greater risk to currencyfluctuations than another, due to a higher level ofoverseas earnings.


The following planning, budgeting, andforecasting objectives are achieved using the Risk AnalysisBlueprint:

• Analyze risk by division across risk categories.

• Suggest mitigation strategies and the costs associatedwith those strategies.

• Aggregate risk by sub category at the corporate level.

Hierarchy Snapshot

It is likely that risk analysis would be done at the divisionallevel, since different divisions have different risk profiles. It isunlikely that risk analysis would be done at the departmentallevel.


IBM Cognos Risk AnalysisPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables organizations to manage compensationtargets and commission payouts, archive historical data andprevious projections for reference and analysis, and link salescompensation plans with headcount projections andintegrated financials.


The Sales Compensation Planning Blueprint achieves anumber of planning objectives:

• Demonstrates automated planning bygenerating sales compensationprojections based on revenue forecastsfrom the Sales Planning andForecasting Blueprint.

• Provides historical and plan data forvariance reporting.

• Produces immediate compensationinformation by sales representative andby region.

• Provides compensation breakoutinformation including base salary,commissions, bonuses and other salesincentive programs.

• Validates compensation plans againstindividual targets.

• Provides a “sandbox” area for what-ifanalysis by sales person.

• Passes sales compensation projections to the Headcountand Compensation Planning Blueprint.

Commission Calculation Snapshot

The tab called Commission Calc is used to calculate thecommission payout amounts for each sales representative,based on revenue projections from the Revenue Exceptionstab.

The commission calculation is based on a tiered system, inwhich achievement of certain targets leads to highercommission percentages.


IBM Cognos Sales Compensation PlanningPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint enables organizations to manage revenues,archive historical data and previous projections for referenceand analysis, and integrate the sales planning process intosupply chain forecasts, headcount projections, salescompensation planning, and integrated financials.


The IBM Cognos Sales Planning andForecasting Blueprint achieves a numberof planning objectives:

• Supports five different revenueforecasting models —Transaction,Opportunity, Subscription,Usage andServices—using IBM Cognos 8Planning.

• Uses historical data to generate salesforecasts baselines.

• Produces immediate profitabilityinformation by customer and byproduct.

• Provides a more reliable picture ofcustomer demand to supply-chainprocesses (where applicable).

• Validates sales plans against corporate targets.

• Supports sales compensation planning.

• Supports integrated financials.

Opportunity Method Snapshot

The Opportunitymethod enables a sales representative toforecast revenue by sales opportunity throughout a phasedsales cycle from initial qualification, evaluation, selection, andthrough to contract negotiation. This sales model is typical incompanies with large complex products and service offeringswhere sales cycles are measured in months rather than days.


IBM Cognos Sales Planning and ForecastingPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint provides a complete performance managementframework for strategic financial planning. It supports asystematic,Web-based process for evaluating long-rangeplans and strategies, analyzing scenarios, supportingexecutive decision making, and monitoring success. Long-term strategic financial planning helps companies establishperformance targets and guide resource allocations foroperational plans and budgets across the enterprise.

Blueprint Benefits

This Blueprint is the ideal replacement for unreliablespreadsheet-based approaches to long-term enterprisefinancial planning. It enables users to evaluate their success inmeeting goals over multiple years with reliable,consistent modeling tools. The Blueprint also:

• Facilitates long-range strategic planning overa ten-year period.

• Evaluates the impact of multiple strategies.

• Allows for comparison and analysis of what-ifgrowth scenarios.

• Facilitates evaluation of internal or externalgrowth opportunities.

• Enables merger and acquisition (M&A)planning.

• Provides an assessment of the currentportfolio —allowing for analysis and impact ofdivestitures.

• Includes tax and credit rating impacts;Includes set of consolidated financialstatements with distinct views for basegrowth, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Strategic Finance Portal

Logging into the Strategic Finance Portal offers users aselection of key metrics, with indicators showing performanceagainst target. Users may select from various what-if scenariosfor comparison. In the upper left, a line graph shows theIncome Statement outcomes for various scenarios —BestCase,Most Likely, andWorst Case. This graphic is invaluablewhen making the type of what-if decisions required in mostorganizations. By selecting the scenario, users can also drilldown further to the Income Statement report. The top-rightgraphic — in the form of a “waterfall chart”— shows theincremental impact of acquisitions and divestitures for theIncome Statement.


IBM Cognos Strategic FinancePerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint aligns financial objectives to synchronize andcoordinate operational plans across the enterprise. It updatesfinancial statements, including Income Statement, BalanceSheet and Statement of Cash Flow in real-time as financial andoperational drivers are updated.

Throughout the corporation during the planning cycle therewill be models supporting different types of planningprocesses such as sales planning, headcount planning andcapital planning. These models are designed to collect data atthe micro level. Integrated Financial Statements is the macrolevel model consolidating and analyzing the results of themicro planning processes. At a corporate level the results ofthe planning process should be validated against the strategicobjectives of the corporation and provide predictability into thelong range plan.


The Integrated Financial Statement Blueprint achieves anumber of planning objectives:

• Connects operational plans to the financial statements

• Integrates and updates all of the financial statements

• Provides the basis for the strategic long range plan

• Validates bottom up plans against strategic objectives

Income Statement Snapshot

The Income Statement is fed by bottom-up plans developedin other blue prints e.g. sales blue print. The Financial Analystcan compare these bottom-up plans to actual data, his currentforecast and his previous forecast. By using the client loaderextension the Financial Analyst can easily transfer data fromthe current forecast to the previous forecast and create a newcurrent forecast.


IBM Cognos Integrated Financial StatementsPerformance Blueprint (formerly StrategicFinancial Planning and Forecasting)



This Blueprint uses projections from the Integrated FinancialStatements Blueprint (formerly Strategic Financial Planningand Forecasting) and the Initiative Planning Blueprints toassess the impact of market growth factors and strategicinitiatives on corporate P/L projections over a five-year period.


The IBM Cognos Strategic Long Range Planning Blueprintachieves a number ofplanning objectives:

• The consolidation of theimpact of strategicinitiatives into theincome statement.

• Easily projects theimpact of othereconomic variables on the organization’s profit outlook,over five (5) years.

• Rapidly assesses alternative scenarios for anycombination of internal and external variables impactingthe financial position.

• Leverages a driver-based framework for managingfinancial projections to more realistically represent the truevariables of financial performance.

Initiative Impact Snapshot

By using a system link, this tab brings in summary data fromthe IBM Cognos Initiative Planning Blueprint.

Assumptions Snapshot

This tab allows users to input assumptions for the impact ofother internal and external variables such as market growth,market share growth, the percentage increase in fixed andvariable expenses, and changes in the estimated cost ofsales. These assumptions are in addition to any strategicinitiatives that are captured from the IBM Cognos InitiativePlanning Blueprint.


IBM Cognos Strategic Long Range PlanningPerformance Blueprint



This Blueprint provides forward-looking visibility into workforcedecisions at both the divisional and company levels.Headcount projections can then be leveraged as drivers inother planning processes.


This Blueprint achieves a number ofplanning objectives:

• Manages headcount for existing,new, and sales employees.

• Manages salary, merit, and bonusdecisions at the employee and/orgroup level.

• Determines benefit and taxexpenses.

• Links salary and headcountprojections as drivers for otheritems on an expense plan.

• Demonstrates variable compensation capabilities.

• Demonstrates internal transfer planning capabilities.

Input – Existing Headcount Snapshot

This tab is used to manage headcount of existing employees.Fields in gray are non-editable and are linked over from theEmployee Information tab. Fields in white are editable andused to manage existing headcount.


IBM Cognos Workforce Planning PerformanceBlueprint (formerly referred to as Headcountand Compensation Planning)



This Blueprint enables front-line managers to align workerstaffing and scheduling with business drivers. It is short-termin scope, but highly detailed.

Blueprint ObjectivesTheWorkforce Resource Management Performance PlanningBlueprint

• Determines headcount requirements by activity, based onhighly flexible, best-practice, driver-based methods.

• Enables managers to setstaffing effectiveness byactivity for each employee.

• Offers managers real-timevisibility into the cumulativeschedule’s variance fromideal driver-basedrequirements by activitywhen entering employeeshift patterns.

• Gives clear warning shouldmanagers attempt toassign an inappropriateactivity.

• Streamlines entry of employee shift details to reduceschedule creation time.

• Includes a clear shift-summary output of the staffingschedule.

• Can vary employee pay rates as required.

• Includes additional pay factors (such as for nationalholidays) by employee by day.

• Automatically generates detailed financial implications ofthe schedule.

Payroll Snapshot

The Payroll tab shows an example of financial outputsavailable from this Blueprint. Although the prime goal isimproving staff scheduling efficiency and effectivenessagainst driver-based requirements, we can leverage user inputin ways impossible without the Blueprint. Additionally, the datafrom this tab could be used to automatically populate a short-term forecasting model with expected (and highly accurate)staffing expenses.


IBM Cognos Workforce ResourceManagement Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint streamlines the close, consolidate, and reportingprocess. It keeps reporting numbers for European IFRS in oneplace, in the same format, for faster, more reliablemanagement and regulatory reporting.

The Group Consolidation and Corporate ReportingPerformance Blueprint adheres to three coreBlueprint design principles: First, it incorporatesstandard best practices for setting up a CognosController application to support Europeanconsolidation and reporting. Second, it providesbuilding blocks to enable quick start indeployments. Third, it readily integrates with theCognos Performance Management System.

Customer BenefitsBest practice examples and templates to deployCognos Controller for key requirements; account,currency, minority Understanding solution value andimpact on regulatory reporting BlueprintPre-built structural building blocks for designingand setting up group consolidation structuresStandard data entry templates and reconciliation rules for datacollection Leverages Cognos Controller application approachfor modular development Cognos 8 Controller.

The GCCR blueprint enables customers to quickly deployCognos Controller, providing the starting point for key aspectsof the consolidation system.The Blueprint delivers standarddefinitions and processes, which can be deployed as is ormodified.

The Blueprint when combined with:

• Customer legal entity and management stroll ups

• Customer data

• Customer modifications

Results in a foundation for a complete financial consolidationsystem.

Control Tables Snapshot

All control tables are set up to make sure automatic events areworking properly. Examples: acquisition calculation and inter-company elimination.


IBM Cognos Group Consolidation andCorporate Reporting Performance Blueprint



This Blueprint helps increase efficiency in the financialconsolidation process. It provides timely distribution ofperformance reports to business managers, who are oftenunderserved with the performance information critical fordecision-making.And it provides a seamless, integratedapproach to leveraging IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligencewith IBM Cognos 8 Controller.

Model Objectives

• Integrate processes and systems formanagement and statutory consolidationand reporting.

• Leverage a platform for enhancedmanagement and corporate reporting andanalysis.

Financial and Management Consolidationcomprises four steps:

• Maintenance

• Data collection

• Data processing

• Data output

Maintenance Snapshot

Cognos Controller consists of a number of pre-definedstructures such as account, actuals, company, and freeextended dimensions. A continuous process updates thesestructures for each reporting period. The Company dimensionis a pre-defined structure for defining groups, subgroups,companies, and their relationships.


IBM Cognos Management and FinancialReporting Performance Blueprint



Additional partner solutions which have received Powered by IBM Cognos Software designation are listed below.

These solutions have been evaluated and have met the membership requirements and criteria set in the program. Due to editorialtimeframes, the complete solution details were not yet available for print.

TARGET

Additional Partner Solutions designatedPowered by IBM Cognos Software

CODA CODA Financials North America, Australia,Europe, Pacific Rim

Banking &Financial Services

IBM Cognos 8 BI

COMPANY SOLUTION NAME IBM COGNOS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY GEOGRAPHIES

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Latino BI LBI Insurance Analytics “SISEG” Latin AmericaBanking &Financial Services- Insurance

IBM Cognos 8 BI, IBMCognosPlanning,ReportNet,MetricsManager,DecisionStream,PowerHouseWeb

Atos Origin Ltd Process-Enabled BusinessIntelligence - Improving TheQuality Of Decision Making

EuropeBanking &Financial Services

IBM Cognos 8 BI, Metrics Manager

Software By Design,Inc.

Reject and Approval Workflow(RAW)

North AmericaBanking &Financial Services

IBM Cognos 8 BI

Sungard HigherEducation and PublicSector Systems

Banner Performance Reportingand Analytics

North America, Australia,Europe, Latin America,Pacific Rim,Worldwide

Public Sector –Higher Education

IBM Cognos 8 BI, Metrics Manager

Jenzabar Jenzabar CX North America,Latin America

Public Sector –Higher Education

IBM Cognos 8 BI, PowerPlay,Decision Stream,Visualizer, BI Series7, Impromptu

BearingPoint POM & Budget solution North America, Australia,Europe, Latin America,Pacific Rim,Worldwide

Public Sector –Budget

IBM Cognos 8 BI, IBM Cognos 8Planning

SunGard PublicSector (Pentamation)

eSchoolPLUS North AmericaPublic Sector – K-12 Schools

ReportNet, Impromptu, IBM CognosTM1

John DanielAssociates, Inc.

eTrax Inspection Tracking North AmericaManufacturing -Fire Extinguisherinspection

IBM Cognos 8 BI

Infor Infor XA, Infor SyteLine ERP, InforCom, Infor XPPS, Infor Visual

WorldwideManufacturingIBM Cognos 8 BI


SteelFacts North America, EuropeManufacturing –Shipping &Tracking

IBM Cognos 8 BI, PowerPlay,Decision Stream


TARGET REGIONALCOMPANY SOLUTION NAME COGNOS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AVAILABILITY

nps d.o.o. BI4Dynamics NAV North America, Australia,Europe, Latin America,Pacific Rim,Worldwide

Cross-Industry(Microsoft)

IBM Cognos 8 BI

Kinetek Consulting emPower North AmericaCross-industry(governmentregulations)

IBM Cognos 8 BI

Accenture Enterprise Metric Manager (EMM) WorldwideCross-industryIBM Cognos 8 BI

Varicent SoftwareIncorporated

Varicent Sales PerformanceManagement

North America, Australia,Europe

Cross-industry(corporate growth)

IBM Cognos TM1

Bullhorn, Inc. Bullhorn 360 North America, Australia,Europe, Pacific Rim

Other Staffingand Recruiting

IBM Cognos 8 BI

Motio Inc. (FormerlyFocus TechnologiesLLC

MotioCAP WorldwideLOB – ITIBM Cognos 8 BI, IBM CognosPerformance Applications, ReportNet

Motio Inc (FormerlyFocus TechnologiesLLC

MotioCI WorldwideLOB – IT(Applicationdevelopment)

IBM Cognos 8 BI,IBM CognosPerformance Applications, ReportNet

newScale, Inc. newScale RequestCenter North America, Australia,Europe, Latin America

LOB – IT (ITmanagement)

ReportNet, PowerPlay



Powered By IBM Cognos Software Solutions Map

Please note the following designations (type) for each solution:

PICS Powered by IBM Cognos Software Partner Solution

PS Partner Solution

ICB Innovation Center Performance Blueprint

ICS IBM Cognos Solution

COMPANY SOLUTION TYPE DESCRIPTION GEOGRAPHIES INDUSTRY PG #

3C Pharma, Inc. Clintelligence 53Life Sciences -Pharmaceuticals

North AmericaPbyICS Clintelligence is a business intelligence portal forpharmaceutical clinical development.

Accenture Accenture Pre-Contract Analytics

51Life Sciences -Healthcare


PbyICS Pre-Contract Analytics offers companies the foresightto shape contracts, optimize revenue and ROI, andoffer the right discounts to customers before anythinggets signed.The capability offers a closed loopsolution for identifying opportunities, evaluatingcustomer performance, forecasting proposedperformance, garnering internal approvals, andnegotiating and finalizing the deal. The solutioncombines the appropriate people, processes, andtechnology, including the power of IBM CognosPlanning and IBM Cognos 8 BI, to create acollaborative model for better contract performance.

Accenture Enterprise MetricManager (EMM)

186Cross-industryWorldwidePbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution –For details please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Acorn Systems,Inc.

EnterprisePerformance Suite

13FinancialServices

North AmericaPbyICS The Enterprise Performance Suite is an enterpriseperformance management application for financialservices, retail, distribution and manufacturingindustries. Acorn’s EPS focuses on profitimprovement through actionable insight into costs,revenues, profitability, and capacity.

AcumetricsBusinessIntelligence Inc.

Cognos CMSHead StartSolution

77ManufacturingNorth AmericaPbyICS Acumetrics has built Head Start solutions for clientsusing CMS Software’s i5 ERP Solution. Leveragingyears of experience on the CMS ERP solution, and astrategic partnership with CMS Software,Acumetricsis able to deliver “out-of-the-box” business intelligence

AllianceConsulting

Life SciencesSales andMarketingInformationFramework


North AmericaPbyICS Alliance's framework offersmid-tier pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies comprehensive reporting andanalysis capabilities that increase brand adoption processthrough optimized targeting and call planning.Allianceapproach consists of proprietary technology assets andservices for pharmaceutical sales andmarketing datawarehousing and customermaster datamanagementthat are specifically designed tomeet the needs ofevolving mid-tier pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies.Alliance's solution provides rapid time tobenefit while establishing a solid architectural foundationthat is readily scalable and flexible to support long-termbusiness expansion andgrowth.



Annata HF Annata Analytics 93Cross-IndustryWorldwidePbyICS Annata Analytics is a pre-built performancemanagement solution for all industries.

AppfluentTechnology

Appfluent ProductSuite

118ITNorth America,Europe

PbyICS Provides comprehensive BI/ DataWarehousingworkload analysis and correlated insight into useractivity, applications, and database usage, withoutdisrupting production systems.

ARCS Solutions BPM Office 95Cross-Industry- Profitabilitymanagement

North AmericaPbyICS ARCS Solutions provides applications that allowyour company's decision-makers to align theirbusiness decisions with their strategies, or refinetheir strategies based on real-time data, enablingyou to maximize profitability.

Atos Origin Atos OriginCognosDocumentationService

119IT - ApplicationDocumentation

WorldwidePbyICS Atos Origin provides a service, called the Atos OriginCognos Document Service, to deliver a set ofdocuments that reflect the Cognos environment atthe customer's site. These documents will containall the information that is needed to rebuild, redesignor audit each individual report, cube, framework etc,and can be used for maintenance purposes or toeducate new employees.

Atos Origin Ltd Process-EnabledBusiness Intelligence- ImprovingTheQualityOfDecisionMaking

185FinancialServices

EuropePbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution –For details please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Aviana GlobalTechnologies

MBBI (MortgageBanking BusinessIntelligence)

19FinancialServices -Mortgage

WorldwidePbyICS Mortgage Banking Business Intelligence is abusiness intelligence solution that enhances thereporting capabilities of Loan Origination System(LOS) software used by mortgage lenders.

BearingPoint GovernmentPerformanceManagement(GPM)

67Public Sector -Civilian andDefense

WorldwidePbyICS Government Performance Management is aperformance management solution for civilian anddefense government agencies.

BearingPoint POM & Budgetsolution

185Public Sector –Budget


PbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution –For details please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com


BidetimeLimited

BidetimeHealthcarePerformance Pack


UKPbyICS Bidetime Healthcare Performance Pack isperformance management software for thehealthcare industry.



BMB Fuel Aviation FuelDecision Support(AFDS)

111Other -Transportation- Aviation

WorldwidePbyICS AFDS is a complete fuel decision support solutionthat provides tailored, flexible information to anyone inthe airline industry. Solution users include flightoperations, dispatch, pilots, fleet management, stationmanagement, fuel management, performanceengineering, procurement, and finance.


Business ProcessService's ArchiveToolkit for TM1

121IT - ApplicationArchive

North AmericaPbyICS The Archive Toolkit for TM1allows for backup andrestoration of complete single or multiple-cubeapplications. Archive files can be restored to thesame TM1 instance or a different one.


Business ProcessServices UsageMonitoring forCognos TM1

122IT - UsageMonitoring

North AmericaPbyICS Breakaway Technologies' Usage Monitoring forCognos TM1provides Administrators clear visibilityof who is using the tool and when it's being usedmost often. Usage Monitoring captures user accessto TM1and stores the history of usage through coreTM1objects and a series of Excel reports. Usageactivity can then be trended over various grains oftime (hours, days, or months).


CF ExpansionPack

96Cross-Industry- ExcelExpansion

North AmericaPbyICS The CF Expansion Pack simplifies many of thecomplexities associated with creating, editing, andmaintaining financial reports. It reads and writes tothe Cognos Finance system by leveraging theCognos Finance Excel Add-In.


MetaManager 126IT - MetadataManagement

WorldwidePbyICS As an extension of Framework Manager and IBMCognos ReportNet or Cognos 8, MetaManagerallows administrators to simplify many of thecomplexities associated with metadata, security, anddata management, both at the modeling and user level.

Bullhorn, Inc. Bullhorn 360 113Other -Staffing andRecruiting



change++ Ltd BI Solution for theHospitality Industry

34Retail -Hospitality

EuropePbyICS The change++ BI Hospitality solution provides atypical hospitality organization with the informationthey need to manage their business effectively. Itcombines provision of key information to outlet andoperations teams, with full analysis and reportingcapability for central finance, product/pricing teams,marketing and auditors.

Clarabridge,Inc.

ClarabridgeContent MiningPlatform

97Cross-Industry- Text Mining

WorldwidePbyICS Clarabridge’s text mining software transforms textinto actionable insight to improvemarket research,customer care,product development,quality assuranceand risk management.Our CMP product enablesunstructured information to be analyzed alongsidestructured information using Cognos 8 BI tools.CMPcan be delivered as either an on-site application or as ahosted “Software as a Service” solution.




Claraview Inc. Claraview RetailDataWarehouse(RDW)

35RetailNorth AmericaPbyICS Claraview Retail Performance Management is anout-of-the-box, end-to-end retail performancemanagement system.

COAIntelligence(formerly StrataSystems)

HR Analyser 141HR - HumanResourceAnalytics

WorldwidePbyICS HR Analyzer is a human resource analyticsapplication.

CODA CODA Financials 185FinancialServices



Cognos, an IBMCompany

BalancedWarehouse withIBM Cognos 8 BI

154Data -BalancedWarehouse

WorldwideICS Cognos 8 BI will now be included in the C-ClassBalancedWarehouse offerings, which provide pre-tested, scalable and fully-integrated system compon-ents of IBM data warehouse software, server andstorage technologies. The C-Class BalancedWare-houses offer small and medium-sized businesses anunprecedented, simplified and complete solution forintegrating and maintaining multiple data and infor-mation resources in a scalable and versatile datawarehouse.


BI-Powered BPM 155Data - FileNet&WPS

WorldwideICS Sample templates for leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BIcontent to support user decisions or automateprocesses in IBM FileNet P8 BPM andWebSphereProcess Server (WPS); Events engine to initiateprocesses in IBM FileNet P8 BPM orWPS based onIBM Cognos 8 scorecard thresholds, includingpredicted violations.


Data Integration &Quality for Cognos8 BI

156Data -InformationServer

WorldwideICS IBM Information Server data quality, ETL andmetadata pre-integrated with IBM Cognos 8 BI andData Manager; Metadata integration provideslineage from report to data source; IBM Cognos 8Data Manager continues to be available stand alonefor basic data mart loading. Data integration andquality offerings from other vendors will continue tobe supported.


Data MobilityServices

157Data - DataMobility

WorldwideICS IBM Data Mobility (Softek) services help clientsestablish an effective data mobility infrastructure andstrategy,while providing a simple and unified approachto moving data on-line — over any distance, regardlessof server platform or storage array vendor. Theseservices mitigate operational risk without impactingapplication performance and SLAs to satisfy businesscontinuity plans.As a result, customers can managegrowth more effectively,migrate data on-line andreduce the need for migration windows.





IBM Cognos 8 BIAnalysis forMicrosoft Excel

163Data -Microsoft

WorldwideICS IBM Cognos 8 BI Analysis for Microsoft Excelprovides a way to explore and analyze trusted,secure, multidimensional information from IBMCognos 8 BI and other data sources in a familiarMicrosoft Excel workspace.


IBM Cognos 8Report Pack formySAP FI/CO

165Data - mySAPWorldwideICS The IBM Cognos 8 Report Pack for mySAP FI/CO letsyou combine historic data from SAP BWwith currentdata in mySAP in one report or dashboard,withoutadditional coding. More than 60 of the most commonbusiness reports come pre-defined, providing you withrapid access to mySAP data. Now, you can deliver themost complete view of your enterprise performanceand eliminate the effort and costs required to build aseparate operational reporting system.


IBM Cognos 8Report Pack forSiebel CRM

166Data - SiebelWorldwideICS Extend the value of your current enterpriseinvestments by providing business users with theability to combine in one report or dashboard,historic data from the data warehouse with currentdata in Siebel CRM without additional coding.


IBM Cognos DataAdapter forSalesforce

164Data -Salesforce

WorldwideICS Looking for a fast, easy way to conduct reporting,analysis, scorecarding, dashboards, and businessevent management with your Salesforce data? IBMCognos 8 BI, featuring the IBM Cognos DataAdapter for Salesforce gives your organization theability to combine this data—along with all your otherdata housed in your ERP, databases, HR systems,and more— into one true picture of profitability.


IBM FileNetComplianceWarehouse

158Data -ComplianceWarehouse

WorldwideICS The ComplianceWarehouse brings together asecure content repository, records management,content and e-mail archiving, and classificationcapabilities, combined with Tivoli governancesoftware and IBM storage hardware to provide a pre-configured solution for reducing information risk andoptimizing compliance and legal processes. Thisoffering will also leverage Cognos technology formonitoring, reporting and analysis of compliancerelated content and processes.


IOD InfrastructureAccelerationServices

159Data -Information onDemand

WorldwideICS This GTS service is helping clients design andimplement high performance and scalable middle-ware infrastructure that support IOD solutions. Theseservices leverage IBM’s asset-based best practicesand methodologies to quickly and cost-effectivelydeploy a highly available, reliable dynamic datawarehouse solution that includes services, softwareand hardware.Allowing clients to make better informeddecision making more quickly, with less risk providinga faster path to a return on their investment.





Portal-basedActionableDashboards

160Data -WebSpherePortal

WorldwideICS TheWebSphere Portal DashboardAccelerator extendsvalue of IBMCognos 8 by allowing BI data to combineseamlessly with other transactional, collaborative oroperational content; A new Cognos “builder” enablesIBMCognos BI data to be easily embedded into aWebSphere Portal application at a fraction of thedevelopment cost; IBMCognos 8 “starter pack”will bebundled withWebSphere Portal DashboardAccelerator;WebSphere Portal DashboardAccelerator“starter pack”will be bundled with IBMCognos 8 BI.


Reporting andDashboards forInfoSphereWarehouse

161Data -InfoSphereWarehouse

WorldwideICS Bundling IBM Cognos 8 “starter pack”with IBMInfoSphereWarehouse; includes limited license of IBMInfoSphereWarehouse with IBM Cognos 8; providesincreased optimization and integration between IBMInfoSphereWarehouse and IBM Cognos 8.


StorageOptimizationServices

162Data - StorageWorldwideICS These services enable the design, implementationand operation of a highly efficient storage and datainfrastructure. These services have been specificallydesigned to help better integrate existing storageenvironments and optimize asset utilization andmanagement efficiencies. This includesmethodologies and software to enable organizations tobetter understand their storage environments throughan enterprise-wide assessment with reporting onstorage utilization, costs, and legal and IT complianceto help customers achieve operational efficiency.

ConcurTechnologies

Concur Travel andExpense

98Cross-Industry- Travel &Expense

WorldwidePbyICS Concur Travel and Expense automates the travelprocurement and expense reporting process.Wealso offer add on services like Cognos for reporting,Concur Audit Service and Concur Vendor Payment.

Cortell ValuMax 106Cross-Industry- ActivityBased Costing

WorldwidePbyICS ValuMax is a fast processing costing engine that canbe deployed in almost any industry. It is a multi-company, multi-branch solution and has can costResources,Activities and a multitude of Costs. It hasa multi-level Bill-of-material as well as a ProductRecipe component and provides views on fixed andvariable costs as well as an unlimited number ofcost attributes. It provides results to the COGNOSTM1multidimensional database where informationcan be sliced and diced across periods, activities,products, channels, etc.

CPM Solution Consumer GoodsPlanning

78Manufacturing- ConsumerGoods

EuropePbyICS Consumer Goods Planning is a pre-built CorporatePerformance Management (CPM) solution for theconsumer goods industry.




Data41 SystemsLLC

Data41Headcount& CompensationPlanning

140HR -Headcount &CompensationPlanning

North AmericaPbyICS The Data41Headcount & Compensation Planningmodel is a framework of common components usedin a TM1deployment focused on this aspect of abudgeting and planning cycle. The frameworkprovides the basic foundation for an organizationconducting headcount and compensation planningas part of their budget cycle to rapidly deploy TM1 toassist in the analysis of employee compensation,benefits, hiring plans, 401K, etc. The framework wasdeveloped using the TM1platform.

DecimalTechnologiesInc

Decimal Suite 99Cross-Industry- ActivityBased Costing

North AmericaPbyICS DECIMAL offers a unique blend of technologicalsolutions and advisory services that help enhanceorganization's financial performance. Our softwaresolution relies on powerful costing capabilities,therefore allows our client to better manage strategiccost management orientations, budget managementand profitability optimization.

Deloitte DeloitteAdvantageClose, Consolidate,ReportPerformanceBlueprint

147Finance - OOFBlueprint

WorldwidePbyICS The Deloitte Close, Consolidate and ReportPerformance Blueprint allows companies to quicklyaddress gaps and weaknesses in the financial closeprocess, make focused investments and optimizethe use of technology. The Blueprint was co-developed with Deloitte. In order for customers toaccess the blueprint, they must work with Deloitteand the blueprint will be available as part of theoverall services component.

Deloitte &Touche LLP

ApplicationManagementServices (AMS)

94Cross-IndustryWorldwidePbyICS Cognos Application Management Services providestailored solutions to help companies efficientlymanage and operate their Cognos planning andbusiness intelligence solutions.

Deloitte Inc. Supply ChainPerformanceAccelerator

85Manufacturing- Supply Chain

WorldwidePbyICS Supply Chain Performance Accelerator is a supplychain management application for all industries.

Deltek Deltek BusinessPerformanceManagement(BPM)

100Cross-Industry- Supply Chain

North AmericaPbyICS Deltek delivers concise, accurate and timelyinformation by enabling the three major areas ofBusiness Performance Management (BPM) —planning, monitoring and reporting. By creating a'single version of the truth,' information is standard-ized making performance management obtainable.

DSS de Mexico 3Pfinanciero(Planeación,presupuestos ypronósticos)

75ManufacturingLatin AmericaPbyICS The Solution help companies to determine cash flowneeded in support of operations in order to reachoperational and financial goals based on sales,costs, expenses and human resources.




Envisn NetVisn 129IT - ApplicationAdministration


PbyICS NetVisn handles a number of Administrativefunctions for Cognos 8 and ReportNet includingdocumentation, security, metadata management,impact analysis, change management and auditingand usage analysis.

FASTTechnologiesInc.

NetUp® Retail WarRoom Solution

36RetailAPACPbyICS FASTTech. NetUp® Retail War Room solution deliversthe value to Retail industry, offer the “CarryoverReplenish Stock Analysis Model” to replace thefrequently marketing forecast and reforecast dailyoperation, and further more the new operation model

FidelityInformationServices, Inc.

Horizon 360(formerly FISIntelligence)

15FinancialServices -Banking

WorldwidePbyICS Horizon 360 is a turnkey reporting, analytics andscorecarding solution for the banking industry.

FirstQuarter,Inc.

ProTools SecurityBuilder

132IT - ApplicationSecurity

WorldwidePbyICS ProTools Security Builder is a security configurationapplication for all industries.

GenwareComputerSystems Inc.

Genware AuditProcessor™

124IT - UsageAuditor

North AmericaPbyICS Genware Audit Processor is an administration andauditing processor that brings application usageinformation to Cognos solutions.

IBM Banking CustomerCare and Insight


WorldwideICS The IBM Customer Care and Insight Framework forFSS to drive revenue growth and operational efficiencyin banking through optimizing marketing, sales, serviceand compliance processes and leveraging enterpriseinformation across channels and lines of business. IBMenables staff to maximize the value of customersthrough better marketing, sales, service and com-pliance effectiveness, and provide timely customerinsight to improve performance and profitability.

IBM CrimeManagement andInsight

71Public Sector -Crime

WorldwideICS IBM’s Crime InformationWarehouse solution helpsunlock data from operational systems that captureand report crime-based information. Included in thesolution are DB2 - DynamicWarehouse Edition, IBMCognos ReportNet / IBM Cognos BI 8, OmniFindAnalytics Edition, (ISV) ESRI –arcIMS GIS, along withConsulting Services, Entity Analytics.

IBM Financial Planning 151Finance -FinancialPlanning

WorldwideICS In today’s challenging environment, Financeorganizations aspire to simultaneously deliver insightinto growth, performance and risk. This Solutionenables Finance and the business to focus on anddeliver the right information and plans to run thebusiness in a personalized manner, and then to usethis information to provide insight and develop value.The enhanced Solution blends Cognos industry-leading Planning software and Planning Blueprintswith IBM GBS's industry and best-practicesaccelerators for Financial Planning and Analysis.




IBM Financial RiskInsight for Banking


WorldwideICS The Financial Risk Insight for Banking is risk manage-ment solution for banking that leverages the power ofthe Cognos IBM Risk Management Cockpit. The riskcockpit is based on industry best practices and theproven technology of the IBM Banking DataWare-house and Cognos 8 BI, and has been deployed at anumber of the world’s leading financial institutions.

IBM Health Analytics 63Life Sciences -Healthcare

WorldwideICS This solution enhances IBM Health Analyticssolutions with world-class enterprise planning andBusiness Intelligence software and services to helphealthcare organizations plan, understand, andmanage financial and operational performance.Actionable, trusted, real time data at the right timeand place helps decision makers in healthcareorganizations realize important insights from existingclinical and business systems, and newopportunities for growth.

IBM Life SciencesPromotionalSpending andCompliance

64Life Sciences -PromotionalSpending andCompliance

WorldwideICS This solution enables Life Sciences companies to takeadvantage of a combination of services and tools fromCognos and IBM to accelerate not only their ability tomeet changing complex State and Federal regulationsfor promotional spending, but more importantly tomove beyond compliance into leveraging keyintegrated customer, promotional spending, drugsales, and clinical information for improved businessdecision-making and planning capabilities.

IBM ManufacturingSales andOperationsPlanning

89ManufacturingWorldwideICS IBM will combine the strong Sales and OperationsPlanning performance management capabilities ofCognos with extensive manufacturing industryexpertise to deliver solutions that allow manufacturersto meet customer demand,maintain appropriateinventory levels, balance production with a focus onschedule achievement, and achieve financial goals.

IBM MunicipalPerformanceManagementScorecard

72Public Sector -Municipal

WorldwideICS Choose from an integrated software stack in theCognos Performance Management System CognosBI 8 featuring reporting and analysis, planning,measuring and monitoring—for any area of the state,local, regional organization. Also, take advantage ofthe Cognos Innovation Center, a forum and resourcecenter for Cognos customers and partners focusedon performance management.




IBM Risk AdjustedProfitability forBanking


WorldwideICS The Risk-adjusted Profitability for Banking solutionmakes integrated risk management and financialplanning a reality using the IBM-Cognos Risk-Adjusted Profitability Blueprint. Using the blueprintallows planning and forecast at the product level,ensures unmatched accuracy with activity-basedcost information, and incorporates risk calculations.This allows banks to boost profitability through moreprecise planning and leverage existing technologyinvestments, boosting technology ROI and overallbank ROE/ROA.

IBM Store Operations &Planning for RetailIntegrationFramework

47Retail - StoreOperations

WorldwideICS This IBM Cognos blueprint is focused onperformance management for Store Operations,including Store P&L, Store Development,Dashboards, Scorecards, Reporting,Analysis,Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting designed tohelp retailers accelerate the implementation of newcustomer-focused strategies and builds on IBM’sbest practices Retail Integration Framework

IBM WorkforceAnalytics

143HR -WorkforcePerformance

WorldwideICS IBM has partnered with Cognos to create workforceanalytics solutions that provide visibility into HR andLearning data with a focus on standard metrics toenable business decisions based on the mostreliable and timely information. Drawing upon HCMleading practices from a variety of clientengagements, IBM has created a set of pre-definedanalytics, metrics, scorecards and reports to enrichthe CognosWFP product with a range of innovativeservice delivery alternatives.

IBM Cognos IBM Cognos 8WorkforcePerformance

144HR -WorkforcePerformance

WorldwideICS IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is an analyticalapplication that offers over 100 measures and 1,000workforce-related attributes to support cross-organization reporting and analysis. IBM Cognos 8Workforce Performance is a configurable applicationthat snaps into your existing technology environment,simplifying the delivery of relevant and reliableinformation on HR issues. It transforms operationaldata from your Human Resource ManagementSystem (HRMS) into actionable information.As theapplication transforms the data, it adds businessvalue by calculating additional business information(for example, end dates) and key performanceindicators that don't exist natively in your HRMS.

IBM Cognos IBM CognosPerformanceApplications

109Cross-Industry- PerformanceApplications

WorldwideICS Ready-built reports, analysis, and metrics for keybusiness functions and rapid ROI. There are threeIBM Cognos Performance Applications (CustomerAnalytics, Financial Analytics and Supply ChainAnalytics) and seven modules (Sales, AccountsReceivable, General Ledger, Accounts Payable,Inventory, Procurement, Production)




IBS IBS Enterprise 6.0 80Manufacturing- Supply ChainManagement

WorldwidePbyICS IBS Enterprise 6.0 is a business intelligence solutionfor supply chain management.

I-COsoft BI IT PerformanceManagement Suite

120ITEuropePbyICS i-COsoft BI IT Performance Management Suite is anIT performance management solution for CIOs oflarge organizations.

iLatinaBusinessServices

LABS BusinessProcessManagement Tool

18FinancialServices

Latin AmericaPbyICS The LABS Business Process Management Tool is aneApplications suite integrating supplier, customer,contractor and remote user processes via theWeb.

Infor Infor XA, InforSyteLine ERP, InforCom, Infor XPPS,Infor Visual

185ManufacturingWorldwidePbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution –For details please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com


SSA BusinessIntelligence

83ManufacturingWorldwidePbyICS SSA Business Intelligence is a business intelligencesolution for manufacturing, distribution and serviceorganizations.


SSA EnterpriseAnalytics

84ManufacturingWorldwidePbyICS SSA Enterprise Analytics provides business-orienteddata marts to support the decision-making andanalysis needs of manufacturing, distribution andservice organizations.

InformationTechnology, Inc.

Premier Viewpoint 22FinancialServices

North AmericaPbyICS Premier Viewpoint is a browser-based businessintelligence solution for financial institutions.

InnovationCenter

Capital ProjectPlanningPerformanceBlueprint

171EnterprisePlanning -FunctionalPerformanceBlueprint

WorldwideICB Manages capital project requests, their justification,and the capital request approval process.


InnovationCenter

AllocationsPlanningPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Allows cost-center managers to allocate all or part oftheir expenses to the appropriate profit centers.Profit-center managers collaborate with cost-centermanagers to either accept or reject the proposedallocations.

InnovationCenter

BranchPerformanceBlueprint

25FinancialServices -Retail Banks

WorldwideICB This Blueprint was developed to help retail banksperform detailed top-down and branch-up revenueand expense planning to ensure organization-widealignment with strategic objectives.

InnovationCenter

Clinical TrialEnrollmentForecastingPerformanceBlueprint

59Life Sciences -Clinical Trials

WorldwideICB This Blueprint offers analytics to help ensure adequatepatient participation and facilitate collaborationbetween managers, analysts, and individual investi-gator sites. It links enrollment data to financial data toshow the dollar effect of differing enrollment projections.



InnovationCenter

Clinical TrialsPerformanceBlueprint

60Life Sciences -Clinical Trials

WorldwideICB This Blueprint helps pharmaceutical companiesbetter anticipate clinical trial resource requirementsand accompanying expenses in order to complywith FDA filing requirements.

InnovationCenter

Corporate BankingCustomerSegmentPerformanceBlueprint

26FinancialServices -Commercial,Corporate &InvestmentBanks

WorldwideICB This blueprint enables commercial, corporate andinvestment banks to create profit and lossstatements for customer segments or for large,individual corporate customers. It allows managersto report on and analyze profitability and planinitiatives to improve segment results.

InnovationCenter

DiscretionaryCapital ExpenditurePlanningPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Facilitates planning for capital spending, whileensuring that projects adhere to establishedcorporate guidelines.

InnovationCenter

Enrollment andTuition Planning forHigher EducationPerformanceBlueprint

68Public Sector -EnrollmentPlanning

WorldwideICB Colleges and universities can use this Blueprint toalign forecasts for student enrollment and tuitionrevenue with faculty, staff, and resourcerequirements, and plans for future growth.

InnovationCenter

Expense Planningand ControlPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Uses projections from planning systems or otherBlueprints, as well as actual history, to drivebudgeting and expense planning processes.

InnovationCenter

FinancialWorkbench andScorecardPerformanceBlueprint

42RetailWorldwideICB This Blueprint provides tools for integrated company-wide planning and analysis. Integrated operationalplans and standardized metrics allow retailers to meetgrowth and profitability objectives—while providing thebest shopping experience for customers.

InnovationCenter

GroupConsolidation andCorporateReportingPerformanceBlueprint

183FinancialManagementand Control -FunctionalPerformanceBlueprint

WorldwideICB Streamlines the close, consolidate, and reportingprocess. It keeps reporting numbers for EuropeanIFRS in one place, in the same format, for faster,more reliable management and regulatory reporting.

InnovationCenter

Initiative PlanningPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Uses projections from other Blueprints or planningsystems as well as actual history to drive labor orcapital expense planning for new initiatives.




InnovationCenter

Insurance ProductProfitabilityPerformanceBlueprint

27FinancialServices -Insurance

WorldwideICB Insurance Product Profitability Performance Blueprintlets insurers create business segment profit-and-lossstatements and balance sheets by product line,product, and brand. The Blueprint allows businessanalysts, product managers, and finance executivesto report on and analyze profitability, to create P&Lsand balance sheets, and to plan initiatives toimprove business segment results.

InnovationCenter

IntegratedFinancialStatementsPerformanceBlueprint (formerlyStrategic FinancialPlanning andForecasting)


WorldwideICB Aligns financial objectives to synchronize andcoordinate operational plans across the enterprise. Itupdates financial statements; including IncomeStatement, Balance Sheet and Statement of CashFlow in real-time as financial and operational driversare updated.

InnovationCenter

Management andFinancial ReportingPerformanceBlueprint

184FinancialManagementandControl -FunctionalPerformanceBlueprint

WorldwideICB Helps increase efficiency in the financial consolidationprocess. It provides timely distribution of performancereports to business managers, who are oftenunderserved with the performance information criticalfor decision-making.And it provides a seamless,integrated approach to leveraging IBM Cognos 8Business Intelligence with IBM Cognos 8 Controller.

InnovationCenter

Program ObjectiveMemorandum(POM)PerformanceBlueprint

69Public Sector -ProgramObjectiveMemorandum

WorldwideICB This Blueprint allows U.S. government agencies tomake better resource allocations and shorten theProgram Objective Memorandum (POM) submissioncycle by months.

InnovationCenter

Relationship Pricingfor CommercialBankingPerformanceBlueprint

28FinancialServices -CommercialBanks

WorldwideICB This Blueprint helps commercial banks bring disciplineand consistency to pricing both credit and non-creditdeals. It features centralized administration, intuitivecustomer reporting, and a pricing model thatincludes both deal and relationship profitability.

InnovationCenter

Retail BankingCustomerSegmentPerformanceBlueprint

29FinancialServices -Retail Banks

WorldwideICB This blueprint enables retail banks to create profitand loss statements at the customer segment leveland report on and analyze profitability. It also helpsmanagers plan sales and marketing initiatives toimprove segment results.

InnovationCenter

Risk AdjustedProfitabilityPerformanceBlueprint

24FinancialServices

WorldwideICB This Blueprint enables financial institutions toincorporate risk calculations into an enterprise-wide,distributed profitability management process.




InnovationCenter

Risk AnalysisPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Enables a corporation to analyze and assess risksassociated with future performance, and quantifyrisk mitigation strategies.

InnovationCenter

Salary Planningand PositionControl for HigherEducationPerformanceBlueprint

70Public Sector -SalaryPlanning

WorldwideICB This Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, andreporting— that helps colleges and universitiesanalyze current salaries and benefits, and forecastfuture needs.

InnovationCenter

Sales andOperations Planning(S&OP) ExecutiveReviewWorkbenchPerformanceBlueprints

86Manufacturing- Sales andOperationalExecutivereview

WorldwideICB This Blueprint facilitates periodic executive review ofperformance against plans. It links sales,marketing,supply chain,manufacturing, and finance, so thatexecutives can easily see the financial impact ofevolving plans, spot variances, and balance criticalresources to reach performance goals.

InnovationCenter

Sales andOperations PlanningPerformanceBlueprints

87Manufacturing- SalesForecasting

WorldwideICB This Blueprint allowsmanagement to reconcile salesand demand forecasts with supply plans using a single,integrated performance management framework thatensures enterprise-wide alignment.

InnovationCenter

SalesCompensationPlanningPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Enables organizations to manage compensationtargets and commission payouts, archive historicaldata and previous projections for reference andanalysis, and link sales compensation plans withheadcount projections and integrated financials.

InnovationCenter

Sales Planning andForecastingPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Enables organizations tomanage revenues,archivehistorical data and previous projections for referenceand analysis, and integrate the sales planning processinto supply chain forecasts, headcount projections, salescompensation planning,and integrated financials.

InnovationCenter

Sales QuotaAllocationPerformanceBlueprint

61Life Sciences -Sales Quota

WorldwideICB This Blueprint leverages IBM Cognos 8 Planning andIBM Cognos 8 BI to enable incentive compensationanalysts and sales managers to determine theproper sales quota for each territory, addressingchanging market conditions while meeting corporaterevenue objectives.

InnovationCenter

SampleOptimizationPerformanceBlueprint

62Life Sciences -SampleAllocationPlans

WorldwideICB This Blueprint enables pharmaceutical executives todevelop and implement sample allocation plans thatare in line with corporate revenue objectives.




InnovationCenter

Store DevelopmentPerformanceBlueprint

43Retail - StoreDevelopment

WorldwideICB This Blueprint offers integrated financial planningcapabilities that let retailers easily understand whichstore development plans deliver the highestbusiness benefits, best returns and greatest supportfor corporate objectives.

InnovationCenter

Store Operations(P&L) PlanningPerformanceBlueprint

44Retail - StoreOperations

WorldwideICB This Blueprint helps retailers perform collaborativestore-level revenue and expense planning to ensurethat individual store plans are in line with corporatetargets.

InnovationCenter

Strategic FinancePerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Provides a complete performance managementframework for strategic financial planning. It supportsa systematic,Web-based process for evaluatinglong-range plans and strategies, analyzingscenarios, supporting decision making, andmonitoring success. Long-term strategic financialplanning helps companies establish performancetargets and guide resource allocations foroperational plans and budgets across the enterprise.

InnovationCenter

Strategic LongRange PlanningPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Uses projections from the Integrated FinancialStatements Blueprint (formerly Strategic FinancialPlanning and Forecasting) and the Initiative PlanningBlueprints to assess the impact of market growthfactors and strategic initiatives on corporate P/Lprojections over a five-year period.

InnovationCenter

StrategicMerchandisePlanningPerformanceBlueprint

45Retail -MerchandisePlanning

WorldwideICB This Blueprint enables retail chains to plan sales,margins, gross profit, and stock by division, channel,department or category. It incorporates bestpractices learned in over 325 retail chains aroundthe globe.

InnovationCenter

StrategicPromotion &Marketing PlanningPerformanceBlueprint

46Retail -Promotion &marketingPlanning

WorldwideICB This Blueprint enables retail managers to modelmultiple promotional scenarios, measure costs andsales, monitor vendor funds and compliance, andanalyze campaign effectiveness.

InnovationCenter

Trade PromotionManagementPerformanceBlueprints

88Manufacturing- TradePromotion

WorldwideICB This Blueprint enables brand and categorymanagers as well as sales executives to evaluatemultiple trade promotion scenarios, helping toeffectively plan promotional activities that will lead tothe greatest increases in sales and margins.

InnovationCenter

Upstream Oil andGas PerformanceBlueprint

114Other - Oil andGas

WorldwideICB This Blueprint provides a performance managementframework— including planning, metrics, andreporting— that allows the upstream oil and gassector to plan production, revenue, expenses, andcapital expenditures at the well, field, or area level.




InnovationCenter

Workforce PlanningPerformanceBlueprint (formerlyreferred to asHeadcount andCompensationPlanning)


WorldwideICB Provides forward-looking visibility into workforcedecisions at both the divisional and company levels.Headcount projections can then be leveraged asdrivers in other planning processes.

InnovationCenter

WorkforceResourceManagementPerformanceBlueprint


WorldwideICB Enables front-line managers to align worker staffingand scheduling with business drivers. It is short-termin scope, but highly detailed.

iPartners InsuranceScorecard

16FinancialServices -Insurance -Underwriting

North AmericaPbyICS Insurance scorecard is leading the P&C industry in"on-demand" management information and analytics

Jack Henry Cognos 8 BI forJack Henry

12FinancialServices

North AmericaPbyICS The Jack Henry Cognos Group has developedCatalogs and Models for use with each CoreProduct within the Jack Henry and Symitar offerings.This includes Silverlake, CIF 20/20, Cruise, Episys,and Core Director. In addition to the Core Products,we also offer access to several of JHA'sComplementary Solutions including Passport (ATM),Vertex (Teller System), Netteller (Home Banking),Synapsys (CRM) and others.We offer customizedtraining and consultation to our customers to assistwith their ad-hoc reporting, as well as customizedinstallation of IBM Cognos 8.

JarosTechnologiesCorporation

Jaros Analytics forOracle's E-Business Suite

81Manufacturing- Oracle ERP


PbyICS Jaros is a comprehensive bi solution that enablesbusiness reporting for users of Oracle's E-BusinessSuite. Jaros Analytics unlocks Oracle E-BusinessSuite data and makes it available to the business.The unique hybrid solution makes operational dataavailable in near real time and facilitates strategicdecision making and analysis.

JCB Partners Retail Pathways 41RetailNorth AmericaPbyICS Retail Pathways is an out-of-the-box performancemanagement (dashboards & analytics) solution forretail customers.

Jenzabar Jenzabar CX 185Public Sector –HigherEducation

North America,Latin America






eTrax InspectionTracking

185Manufacturing- FireExtinguisherinspection

North AmericaPbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution –For details please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com


SteelFacts 185Manufacturing– Shipping &Tracking



JSC GlobalSolutions

Interactive RiskManagementAnalysis &Reporting/Prime(iRMAR/p)

17FinancialServices

WorldwidePbyICS Interactive Risk Management Analysis and Reportingsupports the in-depth analytic demands oforganizations that need to manage high volumes ofclaims-related data such as insurance carriers,brokerage firms, consulting firms, and large employers.It provides the reports and analytics to support thedecision-making process.

KinetekConsulting

emPower 186Cross-industry- Governmentregulations

North AmericaPbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Lantares PowerSecureSingle SignOn

130IT - ApplicationSecurity

Europe,Worldwide

PbyICS PowerSecure SSO is a Single SignOn solution thatintegrates the login for all Cognos applications as wellas for other apps (SAP, Lotus Notes, IBM PersonalCommunications ...).At the same time we synchronizeCognos LDAP Namespace (Series 7) with ActiveDirectory

Lantares PowerStress 131IT - StressTesting

EuropePbyICS powerStress is a stress-testing application for businessintelligence environments across all industries.

Latino BI LBI InsuranceAnalytics “SISEG”

185FinancialServices -Insurance

Latin AmericaPbyICS NEWPowered by IBM Cognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Motio Inc(FormerlyFocusTechnologiesLLC)

MotioADF 128IT - ApplicationDevelopment

WorldwidePbyICS The Motio Application Development Framework(MotioADF) is targeted at Cognos customers whowant to extend, customize or embed the Cognos 8or ReportNet line of products.


MorganBenjamin

MB Context 102Cross-Industry- ReportSharing andAnnotating

WorldwidePbyICS MB Context enables Cognos users to shareknowledge through inputting comments to Cognosreports online and in real-time. Required actions canbe requested, completed actions flagged, andhierarchical data groups relevant to each individualuser created. This additional, user-defined, interactiveinformation is stored in the database to form acritical element of the business intelligence cycle



Motio Inc(Formerly FocusTechnologiesLLC

MotioCAP 186ITWorldwidePbyICS NEWPowered by IBMCognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Motio Inc(Formerly FocusTechnologiesLLC

MotioCI 186IT -Applicationdevelopment)

WorldwidePbyICS NEWPowered by IBMCognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

NetpartnersConsultoria eSistemas Ltda

DistributorRelationshipManagement -DI-RM

79ManufacturingLatinAmericaPbyICS DI-RMprovides performancemanagement solution thatcombine Cognos technology with Netpartners deepdomain expertise on distribution Channels.DI- RM isdesigned to identify processes and values that arecritical to your business process

NewCompSolutions Inc

Concurrent UserStress Simulator forCognos 8

123IT - StressTesting

NorthAmericaPbyICS AJava application with graphical interface whichsimulates usage of Cognos 8 environment. It createsmultiple parallel processes on a singleWindowsmachine - each independently connecting to Cognos 8potentially with its own credentials. It then executes aspecified list of tasks by each of the parallel process inrandom order. It also produces detailed log files andexecuted tasks outputs

NoetixCorporation

Noetix Generator forCognos

103Cross-Industry -Data-Oracle

NorthAmerica,Australia,Europe,LatinAmerica

PbyICS The combination of NoetixViews for Oracle E-BusinessSuite and Noetix Generator for Cognos tightly linksCognos reporting tools with the operational informationfoundwithin the Oracle E-Business Suite. NoetixViewsquickly bridges the information gap between thetechnical complexities of an Oracle database and theease-of-use requirements for Cognos users.With NoetixGenerator for Cognos BI,Noetix automatically sets upand populates the Cognos BI environment,providingCognos administrators with the ideal solution toeliminate the effort andmaintenance required fordelivering true "user friendly" Oracle reporting to Cognosusers.

newScale, Inc. newScaleRequestCenter

186IT- ITmanagement

NorthAmerica,Australia,Europe,LatinAmerica

PbyICS NEWPowered by IBMCognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com

Ntuitive Software& Systems Inc.

NVision EnterpriseFeedbackManagement

37RetailCanadaPbyICS NVision Enterprise FeedbackManagement is an end-to-end enterprise feedbackmanagement platform fortravel and hospitality, retail, healthcare, and financialservices.

nps d.o.o. BI4Dynamics NAV 186Cross-IndustryNorthAmerica,Australia,Europe,LatinAmerica,PacificRim,Worldwide

PbyICS NEWPowered by IBMCognos Software Solution – Fordetails please see online solutions catalog atwww.cognos.com




Onyx Software Onyx Analytics 3.0 104Cross-IndustryWorldwidePbyICS Onyx Analytics 3.0 is a performance managementand business intelligence offering for large andmedium-sized enterprises.

OpenPages, Inc. OpenPagesGovernance Suite

21FinancialServices

North AmericaPbyICS The OpenPages Governance Suite is an enterprisebusiness governance platform for financial controlsmanagement, operational risk management, ITgovernance and strategic performance management.

PalladiumGroup, Inc.

Integrated BrandManagementBlueprint

56Life Sciences -Pharmaceuticals

North AmericaPbyICS The Integrated Brand Management Blueprintaddresses the complexity of managing a globalpharmaceutical brand from strategic, operational, andfinancial perspectives by combining industry-testedperformance management frameworks with provenenterprise performance management tools. Theblueprint leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BusinessIntelligence (BI) and IBM Cognos EnterprisePlanning to provide access to meaningfulinformation through strategy maps, corporate anddivisional scorecards, and operational dashboards.

Paradigm ShiftTechnologyGroup, Inc.

Achievement Plus(A+)

66Public Sector -Education

North AmericaPbyICS A+ is a business intelligence solution for theeducation market. Based on a dimensional datawarehouse, and providing more than 50 readymadereports.A+ gives school boards a powerful enterprisewide achievement analysis solution, allowing schoolboards to focus on improving student achievementinstead of worrying about their data infrastructure.


FSPM (FinancialServicesPerformanceManagement)

14FinancialServices

North AmericaPbyICS Parson Consulting FSPM forecasting model providesa powerful way for companies to predict businessoutcome and adjust quickly to market dynamics.Finance professionals will have the ability to runmultiple industry related what-if scenarios.

ParametricTechnologiesCorporation(PTC)

Windchill 108Cross-Industry- ContentManagement

WorldwidePbyICS Windchill is a sophisticated, Internet-based contentmanagement system that specializes in themanagement of complex data and relationships,processes and publications.


HealthcarePerformanceManagementSolution (HPM)


North AmericaPbyICS The Healthcare Performance Management (HPM)solution is a complete performance managementsolution for the healthcare industry.


MortgagePerformanceXllerator

20FinancialServices -Mortgage

North AmericaPbyICS The Parson Consulting Mortgage Blueprint solutionleverages performance management products fromCognos. The Blueprint allows mortgages lenders tocreate an income and balance sheet incorporatingall major inputs in the mortgage business




PCMS DataFit VISION InSight 41RetailNorthAmericaPbyICS VISION InSight is an analytics module for retail andhospitality organizations.

Phase Forward InForm ITM version4.5

55Life Sciences -MedicalElectronic DataCapture

WorldwidePbyICS The InForm ITM platform delivers the most robust andall-encompassing EDC solution in the market today. Itsscalable architecture and user-friendly designaccommodate the needs of smaller organizationslooking for solutions today that will expand to futureneeds

QSP Asia Pacific QSP FinancialsManager

148Finance -FinancialManagementInformation

APACPbyICS QSP Financials Manager is a financial managementinformation system for large organizations includinggovernment agencies and financial services providers.


QueryVisionApplicationDeveloper

133IT - ApplicationDevelopment

NorthAmericaPbyICS Application Developer is a customizable applicationbuilder for creating integrated, customized or extendedapplications with Cognos solutions


QueryVision PortletDeploymentManager

135IT - PortletManagement

NorthAmericaPbyICS Portlet Deployment Manager is a customizablebusiness intelligence solution for the creation andmaintenance of portlet and custom pages withinCognos Connection.


QueryVisionCustomAuthenticationProvider

134IT -Authentication

NorthAmericaPbyICS CustomAuthentication Provider is a toolkit forauthentication integration.

RedwoodAnalytics

RedwoodBusinessIntelligence

105Cross-IndustryNorth AmericaPbyICS Redwood Business Intelligence is pre-populated,configurable business intelligence (BI) solution formanagers and finance staff.

Retail Anywhere Retail AnywhereAnalytics

38RetailNorth America,Australia, LatinAmerica

PbyICS Retail Anywhere Analytics will further extend RetailAnywhere's solution offering to small and midsizeretailers. Bringing together all the important datafrom Retail Anywhere's POS, inventory,merchandising, CRM and other retail managementapplications, Retail Anywhere Analytics will providethe insight and business intelligence you need tomake decisions that deliver greater productivity andoperational effectiveness to your business.



QueryVisionSharepointIntegrationWebParts

136IT - ApplicationIntegration

North AmericaPbyICS SharePoint IntegrationWeb Parts is a SharePoint portalsolution that directly integrates Cognos ReportNet andCognos 8 Business Intelligence software withMicrosoft’s SharePoint Portal or Windows SharePointServices.

RedwoodAnalytics

RedwoodBudgeting

149Finance -Budgeting

North AmericaPbyICS Redwood Budgeting is a budgeting application forCFOs.



Revelwood Dynamo!ApplicationReporting Toolkit

101Cross-Industry- ApplicationAdd-on

North AmericaPbyICS Revelwood's Dynamo! Application Reporting Toolkitis an add-in for the Cognos TM1/Excel environmentthat lets TM1application managers develop rich,dynamic reports and data entry templates for their endusers without requiring extensive customization andVBAcoding. It also allows end users to easily createand run sophisticated TM1reports that offer dynamicexpansion, zero suppression, drill-down, intelligentformatting and many other capabilities through acomprehensive, easy-to-use point and click interface.

Revelwood Inc Revelwood's BPMSuite

23Finance -FinancialPlanning

North AmericaPbyICS Revelwood's BPM Suite is an out-of-the-box solutionfor enterprise financial planning and reportingrunning entirely on the Cognos TM1platform. Itallows TM1customers to get up and running with aBPM solution for finance that leverages the best ofTM1's real-time OLAP functionality, along with bestpractices developed from Revelwood's years ofexperience developing such solutions for its Fortune1000 and mid-market client base.

Revelwood Inc Revelwood's BPMSuite for RealEstate

150FinancialServices - RealEstate

North AmericaPbyICS Revelwood BPM Suite for Real Estate is an out-of-the-box financial planning and reporting solution forReal Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and PropertyManagement firms.Revelwood BPM Suite for RealEstate is an extension of Revelwood standard BPMSuite running entirely on the IBMCognosTM1platform.

SALT SolutionsGmbH

Retail Controlling 39RetailEuropePbyICS Keyfiguresystems,whichareadjustedtoretail,andpre-definedreports,helptocontrolstorechainscentrally.Stock,salesquantity,turnoverandacquisitionsoftheconsolidatedcompaniescanbeanalyzed,aswellasadvertisementsuccessandpoint-of-saleterminalsmonitored.

Saba, Inc. Saba Analytics 142HR - HumanCapitalmanagement

WorldwidePbyICS Saba Analytics is a business intelligence solution forenterprise Human Capital Management (HCM)reporting, analysis, and information distribution.

SNCLSoftware&Services, Inc

MetadataManager 125IT - Metadatamanagementanddocumentation

NorthAmericaPbyICS Metadata Manager parses Impromptu reports into itsmetadata components. It provides full impact analysison changes to underlying reporting objects,Metadatastandardization, Impromptu report inventorying, andreport documentation.Batch Report registering




Softscape APEX 139HR - HumanCapitalmanagement


PbyICS Softscape Apex® is the industry’s most compre-hensive people management platform providing anaward winning and fully integrated approach tomanaging your workforce. Softscape Apex measuresthe people and practices that constitute anorganization's competitive advantage in a single end-to-end Human Capital Management solution tomanage the performance, development, learning,and recruiting of your organizations greatest assets.

Software ByDesign, Inc.

Reject andApprovalWorkflow(RAW)

185FinancialServices


Sungard HigherEducation andPublic SectorSystems

BannerPerformanceReporting andAnalytics

185Public Sector –HigherEducation



SunGard PublicSector(Pentamation)

eSchoolPLUS 185Public Sector –K-12 Schools


TrouxTechnologies

Metis6 127IT - EnterpriseArchitecture

WorldwidePbyICS Metis 6 is an enterprise architecture platform

VantagePointSystems Inc.

BusinessVantagePoint

76Manufacturing- CorrugatedPackagingManufacturers

WorldwidePbyICS Business VantagePoint is a core business softwaresystem for corrugated packaging manufacturers.


TataConsultancyServices

ManufacturingAnalytics

82Manufacturing- DiscreteManufacturing

WorldwidePbyICS Manufacturing Analytics (mBIDS) is a BI solution fordiscrete manufacturers. mBIDS provide an end-to-end decision support system that is simplified,quick, and cost effective. Management is providedinsight through industry standard KPIs (SCOR),utilized to make informed strategic decisions andachieve business objectives

Tech ResultsInc.

WAGER 112Other -Gaming

North AmericaPbyICS WAGER™ helps you take all the information you haveabout your business — often stored in half a dozensystems or more—and delivers it in useful, powerfulways that your management can use to improverevenues and performance across your enterprise.

VaricentSoftwareIncorporated

Varicent SalesPerformanceManagement

186Cross-industry- CorporateGrowth





Vaultus MobileTechnologies

Vaultus MobileApplicationPlatform

107Cross-Industry- Mobile

WorldwidePbyICS The Vaultus Mobile Application Platform is a mobilemiddleware solution that lets users receive andnavigate Cognos dashboards, forecasts, and reportsremotely using a hand-held device.

Visual i|o Visual i|oAdvancedVisualizationSolutions Poweredby IBM CognosSoftware

58Life SciencesWorldwidePbyICS Powered by IBM Cognos Software, Visual i|o’sAdvanced Visualization Solutions provide new, visualperspectives of data to accelerate decision-makingand problem-solving. Visual i|o visualizationscombine data from disparate sources to eliminatemany of the manual processes required for complexmanagement reports.




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